ANCIENT EGYPTIANS DOCUMENTED ANIMAL EXTINCTIONS (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Thursday, September 11, 2014, 22:07

"What was once a rich and diverse mammalian community is very different now," the study’s lead author Justin Yeakel said.

Some six millennia ago, 37 species of large-bodied mammals roamed the deserts and river valleys of modern Egypt. Today, there are only eight. And as new research shows, ancient Egyptian art has helped tell the story of ecological loss in North Africa.

Among the animals depicted in the paintings of Egypt’s Predynastic Period, the period prior to 3,100 BCE, are lions, wild dogs, elephants, oryx, hartebeest, and giraffe. This art is not only beautiful, but scientifically valuable.

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