Sometimes string figures were used to illustrate stories, as in the case of an Eskimo example that depicts a man catching a salmon. Sometimes they had magic or religious significance.

I put a bullet into the back of the crocodiles neck just behind the head, thus killing it. If a crocodile is hit in any other part of its anatomy it disappears into the water and is irrecoverable.

The author knows just what he wants to illustrate and how he would like it to be done.

There is tragic evidence to show that the paintings at the French prehistoric art sites are deteriorating.

To save an animal's life in order that it may suffer indefinitely is something I would never condone.

Far too often animals are put to sleep when they could be saved through proper care and nursing.

South Africa had a long record of studies in prehistory, going back to the end of the last century.