A fascinating new study suggests that ancient rock art in South Africa may depict a now-extinct species. According to research published in September 2024, the mysterious tusked animal in the artwork ...

Recent fossil finds in the Karoo Basin and the intriguing rock art have archaeologists hypothesizing that these creatures were more than mythical. Julien Benoit from the University of the ...

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He says the animal resembles a dicynodont – a four-legged, toothless and tusked ancestor of today's mammals, whose fossils are abundant and conspicuous in the Karoo Basin. This basin is ...