A South African rock painting known as the Horned Serpent panel suggests indigenous people had knowledge of local fossils.

Cave art created by the San, the indigenous hunter-gatherers of South Africa’s Karoo region, may have been inspired by ...

The rock art also shows dots on the skin of the horned serpent, something that is “consistent with the warty mummified skin preserved in some dicynodont fossils in the area.” ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a rock painting dated to at least 200 years ago, situated in South Africa. This artwork intriguingly depicts a horned serpent, which might be a now-extinct creature ...

For a study published in the journal PLOS ONE, the author investigated the Horned Serpent Panel, a section of rock wall located at the La Belle France site in the country's Free State Province ...

Animals, including an aardvark and scores of antelope, fringe the fracas. This dramatic rock art, known as the Horned Serpent panel, is estimated to be more than 200 years old.

Benoit said even if the art was meant to depict a rain-animal, it is not unlikely that it was derived from fossilized dicynodonts, creating the horned serpent seen on the stones today.

Archaeologists discovered a rock painting of an animal from at least 200 years ago in South Africa that may match with fossils found in the area. The art depicts a horned serpent that may be a now ...

In the painting, the creature is long and thin, which is why the rock panel is called the Horned Serpent. The Horned Serpent panel and an illustrated recreation with more clear details.

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 ...