The first inhabitants of southern Africa knew about locally abundant dicynodont fossils and made rock art about them.

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Unusual tusks on preserved skulls of dicynodonts influenced the look of a mythical beast painted by Southern Africa’s San people, a researcher suspects.

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A mysterious tusked animal depicted in South African rock art might portray an ancient species preserved as fossils in the ...

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Fossils can be found in surprising places and they can tell us about the past. We call all of the fossils we have found the fossil record. This record shows us how living things have changed from ...

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.