'Sistine Chapel of the ancients' rock art discovered in remote Amazon forest
https://www.theguardian.com/science...mote-amazon-forest?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
several pics of the drawings and other interesting details in the guardian article.
Tens of thousands of ice age paintings across a cliff face shed light on people and animals from 12,500 years ago
“One of the most fascinating things was seeing ice age megafauna because that’s a marker of time. I don’t think people realise that the Amazon has shifted in the way it looks. It hasn’t always been this rainforest. When you look at a horse or mastodon in these paintings, of course they weren’t going to live in a forest. They’re too big. Not only are they giving clues about when they were painted by some of the earliest people – that in itself is just mind-boggling – but they are also giving clues about what this very spot might have looked like: more savannah-like.”
https://www.theguardian.com/science...mote-amazon-forest?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
several pics of the drawings and other interesting details in the guardian article.
Tens of thousands of ice age paintings across a cliff face shed light on people and animals from 12,500 years ago
“One of the most fascinating things was seeing ice age megafauna because that’s a marker of time. I don’t think people realise that the Amazon has shifted in the way it looks. It hasn’t always been this rainforest. When you look at a horse or mastodon in these paintings, of course they weren’t going to live in a forest. They’re too big. Not only are they giving clues about when they were painted by some of the earliest people – that in itself is just mind-boggling – but they are also giving clues about what this very spot might have looked like: more savannah-like.”