New rock art from Arnhem Land adds 16 depictions of thylacines and Tasmanian devils — some possibly under 1,000 years old. What the gap between 160 vs. 25 images tells us about extinction and memory. #Anthropology #Archaeology #RockArt #Thylacine https://www.anthropology.net/p/painted-into-the-dreaming-new-thylacine
Painted Into the Dreaming: New Thylacine and Tasmanian Devil Rock Art From Arnhem Land

Freshly documented paintings at two Northern Territory sites raise questions about when these animals last walked the mainland — and why one mattered so much more than the other.

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