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Petroglyphs of Aepycamelus, an extinct giraffe/camel relative have been identified in Nine-Mile Canyon, Utah. The creature lived during the Miocene epoch, between 23 and 5.3 million years ago.
Long-necked quadruped #1 in upper left.
Long-necked quadruped #2 on left side.
Aepycamelus, formerly called Alticamelus,
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Aepycamelus, formerly called Alticamelus,
Wikipedia“Its strange body structure gives us plenty of information on its mode of life and habits. Aepycamelus obviously inhabited dry grasslands with groups of trees. It is presumed to have moved about singly or in small groups, like today's giraffes, and like them, browsed high up in the trees. In this respect it had no competitors. It survived a relatively long time, through most of the Miocene epoch, and died out prior to the start of the Pliocene,possibly due to climatic changes.”(Wikipedia)
The Miocene epoch covered the period of roughly 23 to 5.3 million years ago. So, could there have possibly been a rock artist back in the Miocene who carved these images of Aepycamelus at that time? Perhaps there was a relic population of Aepycamelus that lasted longer in northeastern Utah, until the great extinction of North American megafauna at the end of the Pleistocene period 13,000 years ago. How else can we explain these pictures?
Well, we could explain them by pointing to the fact that it is April 1st– APRIL FOOL’S DAY!
(NOTE: The rock art is real, it is the explanation that is bogus.)
SOURCE: Wikipedia