T he discovery of 200-year-old rock art in South Africa has shed light on the importance of the extinct horned serpent. This ...

The Horned Serpent Panel, painted by the San people in southern Africa, shows a mysterious creature's tusks in blue at the upper right. Julien Benoit Between 1821 and 1835, the San people of South ...

The latest example appears to be a Genyornis, a thick-legged, big beaked bird resembling an emu. The big bird became extinct thousands of years ago, along with many other large animals, the so-called ...

A painting of a kangaroo in Western Australia is the oldest known rock art in the country, according to scientists, who say radiocarbon-dating analysis shows it was created more than 17,000 years ago.

Julien Benoit receives funding from the DSI-NRF African Origins Platform. A mysterious animal painted on a cave wall in South Africa’s Free State Province has long baffled scientists. Is it a walrus?

At some 17,000 years old, it's the oldest painting yet discovered in Australia, scientists announced. The kangaroo was painted on the sloping ceiling of a rock shelter in the northeastern Kimberley ...

Photo taken on Nov. 12, 2021 shows a view of Helan Mountain, in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Wang Peng) A site of animal rock painting complex has been discovered at Helan ...