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1) Archaeologists have discovered tens of thousands of prehistoric rock paintings in the Amazon rainforest dating back over 12,500 years, depicting now-extinct ice age animals like mastodons and horses. 2) The massive collection of paintings, described as the "Sistine Chapel of the ancients", were found across cliff faces stretching nearly 8 miles in Colombia. 3) The detailed paintings provide insight into the environment and civilization of some of the earliest humans to reach the Amazon, as well as cl

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Nidhi Prasad

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