South Africa, rock art
Mysterious Rock Art May Depict 'Strange' Animal From 250 Million Years Ago
Their art was based on real-life elements ... went extinct long before humans even appeared in Africa—the painting would predate the first formal scientific description of one of these animals by at least 10 years. "The relevance of the discovery ...
Fossils of an extinct animal may have inspired this cave art drawing
Unusual tusks on preserved skulls of dicynodonts influenced the look of a mythical beast painted by Southern Africa’s San people, a researcher suspects.
Mystery creature in South African rock art could be long-extinct species, study finds
Mystery creature in South African rock art could be long-extinct species, study finds - Tusked animal depicted in rock art doesn’t match any modern species
South African rock art possibly inspired by long-extinct species, suggests research
A mysterious tusked animal depicted in South African rock art might portray an ancient species preserved as fossils in the same region, according to a study published September 18, 2024 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Julien Benoit of the University of the Witwatersrand,
South African rock art possibly inspired by long-extinct species
A mysterious tusked animal depicted in South African rock art might portray an ancient species preserved as fossils in the same region, according to a new study.
South African Rock Art Depicts 260-Million-Year-Old Extinct Animal, Study Suggests
Indigenous people in southern Africa may have been painting long-extinct creatures from 260 million years ago, even before Western archaeologists described the fossils. In a thought-provoking new paper,
African Rock Art May Show Extinct Animal That Lived Millions Of Years Before Humans
In the Karoo Basin of South Africa, an unusual tusked beast is painted on a rock wall. Archaeologists have previously pondered whether the artwork depicts a mythical creature from the realm of fantasy,
Marine art deepens our understanding of the oceans – here’s how it has evolved through the centuries
Marine art is an important form of storytelling. Visual, performance, sculptural and moving image arts have driven the ...
Turbulent skies of Vincent Van Gogh’s ‘The Starry Night’ align with a scientific theory, study finds
A new study suggests Vincent van Gogh showed a deep, intuitive understanding of the mathematical structure of turbulence in ...
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Solution Spotlight: REVEAL reimagines scientific posters
In the realm of scientific communication, traditional posters serve as critical conduits for HCPs seeking the latest ...
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Book Review: Cryptography Is as Much an Art as a Science
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Nicolas Cage has been in over 100 movies. Here are his 13 best and 13 worst ones.
Are Art and Science Forever Divided? Or Are They One and the Same?
The sprawling California festival “PST Art” promises a dialogue between “two cultures.” But painting and physics may have ...
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Contributors to Scientific American’s October 2024 Issue
Since 2001 their editorial illustrations—including dozens of covers—have brought a futuristic flair to Scientific American. Creating art at the “cutting edge” of science and technology “has ...