Photograph: Phillip Wenzel. Use only by agreement.

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Traces of the San: The red animal figures belong to the thousands-of-years-old rock art of the Matobo area, which is attributed to the ancestors of the San. Some paintings in the region may be up to about 13,000 years old.

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Where it was taken

Matobo National Park, Zimbabwe

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Borders: Natural Earth

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