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The first petroglyphs appeared 50,000 years ago in caves found in Europe, Africa, and Australasia. Archeologists now claim these pictographs carried magical and religious meaning. But stick figure drawings have modern significance too.

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Portal cloud.

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Fossil Crocodile Steneosaurus bollensis Lower Jurassic, Posidonienschiefer Formation Holzmaden, Bavaria, Germany

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Temari balls are a form of folk art that originated in China and were introduced to Japan in the 7th century. The carefully hand-embroidered balls often made from the thread of old kimonos were created by parents or grandparents and given to children on New Year’s day as special gift. According to Wikipedia the balls would sometimes contain secret handwritten wish for the child, or else contained some kind of noise-making object like a bell.

Flickr user NanaAkua photographed this amazing collection of geometric spheres created by her 88-year-old grandmother who began to master the art in her 60s. She has since created hundreds of them, nearly 500 of which you can see right here. (via DDN Japan)

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Portrait of Marguerite Khnopff - Fernand Khnopff 1890

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Bruno Bisang

'Carmen, Formentera'

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Image from “Zoologia typica" (1849)

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If only this tactic would actually work - there are eight different pangolin species found across Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Poaching for their meat and scales, combined with habitat loss, have made pangolins one of the most endangered groups of mammals in the world. Learn more at the IUCN Pangolin SG site and SavePangolins.org