Having authored three books on rock art and worked with both South African and French scientists on the composition of paints, Bassett hopes his documentations will serve as a “research tool ...

Benoit first saw a painting by the San people of a creature that appeared semi-mythical in a book dating to the 1910s. Benoit tracked down the farm in South Africa where it was described — the same ...

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

Dr. Benoit added: “This work supports that the first inhabitants of southern Africa, the San hunter-gatherers, discovered fossils, interpreted them and integrated them in their rock art and ...

South African rock art possibly inspired by long-extinct species. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 09 / 240918142420.htm ...

South African Rock Art Depicts 260-Million-Year-Old Extinct Animal, Study Suggests. Carly ... Benoit first noticed the resemblance between the Horned Serpent and a dicynodont in a book from the 1930s.

Having authored three books on rock art and worked with both South African and French scientists on the composition of paints, Bassett hopes his documentations will serve as a “research tool ...

Having authored three books on rock art and worked with both South African and French scientists on the composition of paints, Bassett hopes his documentations will serve as a “research tool ...

Having authored three books on rock art and worked with both South African and French scientists on the composition of paints, Bassett hopes his documentations will serve as a “research tool ...

Having authored three books on rock art and worked with both South African and French scientists on the composition of paints, Bassett hopes his documentations will serve as a “research tool ...

South African Stephen Townley Bassett creates detailed replicas of rock art using traditional materials and methods, including blood, porcupine quills, and ostrich eggshells.