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Neolithic Horn of Africa anterior to the introduction of Islam.
269:. The walls of the cave are full of infilled and outlined white camels, unidentified quadrupeds and symbols. Most of the quadrupeds are schematic and depicted upright facing right. Dhaymoole, Somaliland. Caves of Dhaymoole, believed to be about 3000 to 5000 years old.
305:. The painting were found by Jama Dabhaan and colleagues in 2010 but have been declared now after the photos taken were recovered. Other places at the Guban area north of Shimuhshimuh have also some of the oldest painting of animals in the
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The greatest number of rock art panels depicting large cows in
Somaliland is found in Shelter 1 of Dhagah Kureh, making this site unique amongst the rock art sites of Somaliland.
61:, a self-declared republic. Exhibiting outstanding Neolithic rock art, the sites’ cave paints are considered to be some of the best preserved rock paintings in all of
382:"UK archaeologist finds cave paintings at 100 new African sites Scientist unearths 5,000-year-old rock art, including drawing of a mounted hunter, in Somaliland"
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3711:Cave popcorn
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3569:Karst spring
3559:Glacier cave
3161:wedge-shaped
3146:Funeral pyre
3139:Great dolmen
3095:Chamber tomb
3076:Round barrow
3031:Stone circle
2903:Blombos Cave
2831:Grooved ware
2755:Chalcolithic
2659:Thornborough
2577:Flush toilet
2512:Blombos Cave
2507:Rock shelter
2463:Quiggly hole
2355:Architecture
2330:illustration
1972:Buffalo jump
1793:Storage pits
1756:Aşıklı Höyük
1746:Ground stone
1582:Subdivisions
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1344:Intelligence
1157:Homo sapiens
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177:Dhagah Kureh
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21:Wild animals
3676:Speleothems
3589:Exploration
3489:Troglofauna
3457:Cave survey
3435:Main topics
3183:unchambered
3178:Long barrow
3168:Grave goods
3124:Court cairn
3119:Clava cairn
3071:Bowl barrow
3009:Rock cupule
2952:Golden hats
2945:Hill figure
2846:Unstan ware
2826:Cord-marked
2691:Sweet Track
2613:Burnt mound
2534:Stilt house
2522:Sibudu Cave
2315:Tally stick
2283:Quern-stone
2268:Hammerstone
2258:Fire plough
2229:Pesse canoe
2187:Bannerstone
2157:Other tools
2070:Lithic core
2018:Aurignacian
1906:Bare Island
1788:Quern-stone
1280:Grandmother
1235:Shore-based
1196:Aquatic ape
1087:Tam Pa Ling
982:H. ergaster
801:P. robustus
3947:Categories
3812:Kome Caves
3776:Stalagnate
3771:Stalagmite
3766:Stalactite
3756:Soda straw
3746:Shelfstone
3706:Cave pearl
3681:Speleogens
3646:Talus cave
3579:Ley tunnel
3506:Speleology
3484:Stygofauna
3322:trepanning
3215:Ring cairn
3173:Jar burial
3156:transepted
3088:U.S. sites
2989:Petroglyph
2915:Bird stone
2873:wine press
2546:Stone roof
2529:Roundhouse
2421:long house
2398:Stonehenge
2366:Ceremonial
2310:Stone tool
2137:Tool stone
2107:Metallurgy
2011:Mousterian
1988:Toolmaking
1926:Cumberland
1899:Transverse
1869:Schöningen
1761:Qesem cave
1729:Earth oven
1683:Irrigation
1594:Technology
1562:Prehistory
1319:Skin color
1304:Bipedalism
1265:Killer ape
1077:Cro-Magnon
976:Denisovans
852:H. habilis
816:Humans and
701:A. ramidus
694:A. kadabba
514:2017-05-10
484:2021-02-01
348:References
311:Somaliland
289:in Haadh,
281:A herd of
267:Somaliland
238:Somaliland
226:Somaliland
135:years BC.
117:Somaliland
59:Somaliland
40:Somaliland
25:Somaliland
3863:Incidents
3790:Dwellings
3731:Helictite
3726:Frostwork
3721:Flowstone
3691:Anthodite
3664:Waterfall
3636:Suffosion
3621:Show cave
3606:Salt cave
3574:Lava cave
3522:processes
3472:Equipment
3366:symbolism
3230:Tor cairn
3188:Grønsalen
3129:Cremation
3021:Sculpture
2999:Pictogram
2984:Petroform
2804:amber use
2772:Cosmetics
2582:Reservoir
2567:Check dam
2497:Pueblitos
2492:Pit-house
2475:Longhouse
2409:Dwellings
2278:Microlith
2209:Bow drill
2204:Bone tool
2197:prismatic
2006:Acheulean
1921:Cresswell
1894:Arrowhead
1820:Boomerang
1736:Granaries
1698:Terracing
1577:Stone Age
1438:Theorists
1405:Timelines
1285:Patriarch
1261:Behavior
1186:Gathering
1114:Ancestors
859:H. naledi
794:P. boisei
765:A. sediba
461:0263-0338
342:Dhambalin
337:Dhaymoole
332:Laas Geel
301:north of
259:Dhaymoole
254:Dhaymoole
248:Dhaymoole
242:Sada Mire
230:sandstone
218:Dhambalin
211:Dhambalin
190:Dhambalin
184:Dhambalin
153:Laas Geel
109:Laas Gaal
105:Laas Geel
97:Laas Geel
90:Laas Geel
80:Laas Geel
74:Laas Geel
51:Laas Geel
3898:Category
3751:Snottite
3741:Rimstone
3736:Moonmilk
3626:Sinkhole
3611:Sea cave
3596:Pit cave
3564:Ice cave
3004:Rock art
2967:painting
2940:Geoglyph
2765:timeline
2745:Beadwork
2485:Mehrgarh
2480:Mudbrick
2388:megalith
2263:Fire-saw
2085:debitage
2080:analysis
2048:Hand axe
2028:Cupstone
1606:Glossary
1567:Timeline
1484:Category
1339:Language
1309:Skeleton
1004:H. longi
758:A. garhi
595:Hominins
590:Taxonomy
523:cite web
321:See also
234:rock art
113:Hargeisa
55:Hargeisa
3911:Portals
3822:Yaodong
3696:Boxwork
3539:Cave-in
3361:Symbols
2972:pigment
2858:Weaving
2821:Cardium
2816:Pottery
2811:Mirrors
2799:Jewelry
2740:Baskets
2720:culture
2572:Cistern
2378:Pyramid
2320:Weapons
2298:Scraper
2288:Racloir
2248:Cleaver
2236:Chopper
2142:Uniface
2053:Grooves
2043:Hafting
2001:Oldowan
1960:Systems
1911:Cascade
1874:woomera
1864:harpoon
1837:history
1803:Hunting
1783:Pottery
1724:Cooking
1633:Farming
1599:history
1572:Outline
1496:Commons
1448:Fossils
1314:Muscles
1225:Cooking
1181:Hunting
658:Orrorin
410:. 3-4.
303:Erigavo
287:Giraffe
123:in the
3631:Spring
3544:Cenote
3467:Diving
3462:Caving
3420:topics
3339:flutes
3134:Dolmen
3058:Burial
2868:winery
2841:Linear
2671:Midden
2649:Cursus
2642:Goseck
2502:Pueblo
2453:Dugout
2438:Burdei
2117:Mining
1941:Lamoka
1936:Folsom
1916:Clovis
1773:Metate
1751:Hearth
1719:Basket
1693:Sickle
1431:Others
1334:Speech
1296:Topics
1241:Drugs
1167:Models
459:
391:25 May
291:Sanaag
228:. The
199:Snakes
101:Somali
63:Africa
3659:River
3601:Ponor
3554:Foiba
3496:Karst
3479:Fauna
3256:sites
3200:Mummy
2920:Cairn
2836:JĹŤmon
2787:shoes
2782:Hides
2654:Henge
2608:Broch
2470:Jacal
2325:Wheel
2273:Knife
2219:Canoe
2214:Burin
2192:Blade
2090:flake
1951:Plano
1859:baton
1849:Spear
1815:Arrow
1768:Manos
1621:Tools
1443:Books
1221:Diet
263:Sahil
222:Sahil
203:sheep
133:3,000
129:9,000
3679:and
3654:Lake
3641:Sump
3584:Mine
3418:Cave
3349:gudi
3107:Cist
3036:list
2863:Wine
2792:Ă–tzi
2777:Glue
2750:Beds
2718:and
2716:Arts
2587:Well
2443:Cave
2373:Kiva
2303:side
2293:Rope
2241:tool
2175:bone
2165:Adze
1931:Eden
1844:Nets
1714:Fire
1678:Goad
1663:Celt
1324:Hair
1144:) →
822:Homo
529:link
457:ISSN
393:2013
285:and
283:cows
207:goat
205:and
131:and
3781:Vug
2458:Hut
2393:row
2224:Oar
2182:Axe
2170:Awl
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