9,000 year old cave painting in the middle of the Sahara Desert show’s people swimming.

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image showing 9,000 year old cave painting in the middle of the Sahara Desert show’s people swimming.

jbartlet827 on September 23rd, 2024 at 19:56 UTC »

I'm seeing what appears to be two trapeze artists, which would also be supercool.

kanepupule on September 23rd, 2024 at 20:16 UTC »

TIL the dance move known as the worm is thousands of years old.

metronne on September 23rd, 2024 at 20:24 UTC »

Look up the African Humid Period. The Sahara wasn't a desert for a while there between about 10,000 and 5,000 years ago, which is a relatively recent period in human history.

It's pretty fascinating.