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In 1987, some gemstone prospectors unearthed lapidaries of fascinating turquoise tourmaline crystals in the hilly mines of Paraiba, an agricultural state on the eastern tip of Brazil. And now, the city has taken researchers further back in time, by revealing an intriguing collection of dinosaur footprints juxtaposed with rock art dating more than 9000 years ago. The collection has been discovered in Serrote do Letreiro in the Sousa Basin of the state, and the corresponding research is published in Scientific Reports journal.
Transporting the time machine to the Jurassic era, the study has revealed that prehistoric hunter-gatherers in Brazil created tons of enigmatic rock art designs, called petroglyphs, next to the fossilized footprints of dinosaurs. The findings promise to provide some marvelous insights into the marriage of paleontology and archaeology offered by the uncloaking of this stunning assemblage on the outcrops of Serrote. (Read more.)
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