Stone Age carvings of animal tracks identified.

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  • Author(s): M. L. P. (AUTHOR)
  • Source:
    New Scientist. 9/23/2023, Vol. 259 Issue 3457, p17-17. 1/2p. 1 Color Photograph.
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    • Subject Terms:
      ANIMAL tracks; STONE Age; STONE carving; PETROGLYPHS; CERCOPITHECUS aethiops
    • Abstract:
      Archaeology EXPERT trackers have been able to identify the species depicted in about 400 animal footprints carved on rocks in Namibia during the Stone Age. However, to experienced trackers the footprints of animals are just as distinct and recognisable as the animal itself, says Pastoors. Many depict animal or human footprints, so Andreas Pastoors at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany asked three trackers from Namibia, Tsamgao Ciqae, /Ui Kxunta and Thui Thao, to help his team study them. [Extracted from the article]
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