Rock Art

By Carl Zimmer
Jun 24, 2008 4:37 AMMay 20, 2019 12:10 AM
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Krista writes, "I am studying physical anthropology- paleoanthropology to be exact- and I have two South African rock art tattoos that I got after doing fieldwork over there." This one she describes as a "San shaman piece with humans transitioning in and out of bovid (impala, etc.) forms."

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