A possible later stone age painting of a dicynodont (Synapsida) from the South African Karoo. The Horned Serpent panel. A, general view of the Horned Serpent panel photographed in 2024 by the author.

The drawing of the ancient animal was found on a rock wall at the La Belle France site and represented an animal that was not ...

Fossils in the Karoo Basin. The Karoo Basin in South Africa is renowned for its fossil-rich environment. Notably, it’s home to well-preserved fossils of tusked animals known as dicynodonts.

A new scientific paper claims a cave painting dubbed the 'Horned Serpent' depicts an animal that went extinct before the dinosaurs, some 260 million years ago.

What is known is that the painting was made by the San, the indigenous hunter-gatherers of South Africa’s Karoo region. The San had a profound knowledge of their environment, which they ...