The San people acted as paleontologists and used fossil finds as a basis for stories and pictures.

Researchers say this 200-year-old South African cave painting likely depicts an animal that has been dead for over 200 million years.

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,

Indigenous painting may portray a long extinct creature that appeared before the first dinosaurs, a study found.

By Stephen Beech via SWNS A mysterious tusked animal depicted in South African rock art may have been inspired by a long-extinct creature preserved as fossils in the region. The Horned Serpent panel is a section of rock wall featuring artwork of animals and other cultural elements associated with the local San people,

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,