{"id":379431,"date":"2018-10-03T00:03:18","date_gmt":"2018-10-02T23:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-experts-baffled-by-mysterious-prehistoric-civilization-in-india-that-left-behind-thousands-of-rock-carvings-including-pictures-of-animals-native-to-africa\/"},"modified":"2018-10-03T00:03:18","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T23:03:18","slug":"prison-planet-com-experts-baffled-by-mysterious-prehistoric-civilization-in-india-that-left-behind-thousands-of-rock-carvings-including-pictures-of-animals-native-to-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-experts-baffled-by-mysterious-prehistoric-civilization-in-india-that-left-behind-thousands-of-rock-carvings-including-pictures-of-animals-native-to-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Prison Planet.com \u00bb Experts baffled by mysterious prehistoric civilization in India that left behind thousands of rock carvings \u2013 including pictures of animals native to Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-6228799\/Experts-baffled-prehistoric-civilization-India-left-thousands-rock-carvings.html\"><strong>Daily Mail<\/strong><\/a><br \/>October 2, 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><strong>Prehistoric rock carvings discovered in India\u2019s western state of Maharashtra could be evidence of a previously unknown civilization that lived tens of thousands of years ago.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Archaeologists found the carvings, or petroglyphs, mostly hidden beneath the soil across 52 villages in the region, the <a class=\"class\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-india-45559300\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BBC <\/a>reports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The experts suspect the carvings were created by a hunter-gatherer community, as the images are filled with drawings of animals. But, in a baffling discovery, the team found that the ancient artwork depicts some animals that are not native to the region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The find suggests the long-ago civilization could have migrated to India from Africa, where many of the animals in question can be found \u2013 or, that large mammals once roamed between the continents to cover a much wider breadth than previously thought.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-6228799\/Experts-baffled-prehistoric-civilization-India-left-thousands-rock-carvings.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <!-- END CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#333; font-size:11px;\">This article was posted: Tuesday, October 2, 2018  at  5:30 am<\/p>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/><!-- share and follow --><br \/>\n      <!-- end of share and follow --><\/p>\n<div class=\"print_sub\">\n<h3 class=\"sub_titles\">&#13;<br \/>\n        \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/experts-baffled-by-mysterious-prehistoric-civilization-in-india-that-left-behind-thousands-of-rock-carvings-including-pictures-of-animals-native-to-africa.html\/print\/\" title=\"Print\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print\" title=\"Print\" style=\"border: 0px;\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nPrint this page.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<p><!--\n      \n\n<div class=\"nextpage\">\n              <\/div>\n\n \n -->    <\/p>\n<p><!--\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gm2pZEeYN0E?list=UUvsye7V9psc-APX6wV1twLg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/experts-baffled-by-mysterious-prehistoric-civilization-in-india-that-left-behind-thousands-of-rock-carvings-including-pictures-of-animals-native-to-africa.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily MailOctober 2, 2018 Prehistoric rock carvings discovered in India\u2019s western state of Maharashtra could be evidence of a previously unknown civilization that lived tens of thousands of years ago. Archaeologists found the carvings, or petroglyphs, mostly hidden beneath the soil across 52 villages in the region, the BBC reports. 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