Learn more about rock art by the San people, the original people of southern Africa: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_rock_art

The similarities with the Gwion Gwion artwork of Australia are really fascinating:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwion_Gwion_rock_paintings

I truly hope to witness some questions being answered about these artworks in the years to come .. maybe some AI/ML archeology will reveal more details as the time ticks by ..

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Does anyone else see it? I don't.

I see it. It's the negative space.

What i don't see in the article is analysis of the ink around the figures or any estimate of age.

I found a better article with better pictures. https://archaeologymag.com/2026/10/first-stencilled-rock-art...

thanks I see it now.

If you click on the image there's a view with the colors intensified and I believe it's the red portion but it is pretty abstract-looking, at least at this time.

Two stick figures, left and right, and right has what appears to be an elongated animal head and ears - or a hat

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