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Mammoth 1

The petroglyph image to the left might be a mammoth with tusks and bifurcated trunk. "Fingers" at the end of the trunk provide evidence that the artists were distinctly familiar with the creatures in question. The other mammoth on this panel also has these fingers. The mammoth is overlapped with a bison (on right) that would have been placed later. If the mammoth identification is correct this panel could be around 13,000 years old.

Jeane Clottes, the well known French Paleolithic rock art specialist, has visited this panel and believes it to be genuine.


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