It is one of the world's most famous pieces of African art and has huge sacred significance for Cameroonians. Sculptures were made of titled royal wives or princesses and would be referred to as ...

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

For the San people of South Africa, the spark that inspired some of their rock paintings may have come from fossils of ...

White’s mural, The Contribution of the Negro to American Democracy (1943) at Hampton University is perhaps his best-known work, depicting famous African Americans across history. He saw art as a ...

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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 same region, according to a new study.