Loaʻa i nā wahi he nui o ka honua, nā kiʻi pena he waiwai nui i ka ʻike no ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka nohona a me nā manaʻo o nā kānaka mua. Hōʻike kekahi i nā hiʻohiʻona i maʻalahi e hoʻomaopopo, e like me ka hopu holoholona ʻana a i ʻole nā ʻohana holoʻokoʻa i kahi kauhale.
ka nā kiʻi pena ʻike ʻia ma ka pā ʻo Tassili nʻAjjer ma ka hema o Algeria, kahi pilikia nui loa na ka poʻe ʻepekema. Ua kahakaha lākou i kā lākou mea i nānā ai, me ka manaʻo ʻaʻole hiki i nā kānaka kahiko ke noʻonoʻo i kēlā ʻano kiʻi: "ʻO kekahi o nā kiʻi i hōʻike ʻia kahi extraterrestrial e alualu nei i nā kānaka i kahi mea oval, e like me kahi mokulele liʻiliʻi."
No ka ʻike kokoke ʻana i nā mea he nui e ʻike ʻia ma ka hale hōʻikeʻike ʻoi loa o ka hana prehistoric o ka honua, pono e huakaʻi ka poʻe kipa i nā kula ākea o ka wao akua Sahara. Ma ka hema ʻo Algeria, 700 mau mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai, ʻo ia ka pālahalaha ʻo Tassili.
He hiki nō ke kiʻi i kekahi o nā kumu mua o ka ʻike e pili ana i ke ola honua kahiko ma o ka hele ʻana i nā pali he nui. ʻO nā makahiki o ke komo a me nā waimaka, a me nā ikaika ikaika o ke kūlohelohe, ua aneane hiki ʻole ke kiʻi ʻia. ʻIke ʻia nā hana pōhaku e like me nā sentinels pōhaku nui loa.
Aia ia ma kēia wahi kahi e pāʻani ai nā ana a me nā ana hou aʻe, me kahi o 1,500 kiʻi pena ana mai 10 a 15 tausani makahiki. Manaʻo ʻia ua hana ʻia lākou e nā kānaka i noho ma ka pūnaewele ma nā wā o Paleolithic a me Neolithic i luna.
Kūpono kekahi mau pena kiʻi, akā pīhoihoi kekahi, e waiho ana iā ʻoe e noʻonoʻo i ka manaʻo maoli no nā hola ma ka hope. ʻO ka mea mua loa, nā mea āpau i ʻike ʻia i kēia wahi mamao e kākoʻo i ka mea i manaʻo mua ʻia e pili ana i ka wao akua ʻo Sahara: ua pīhoihoi kēia wahi i ke ola. ʻO kahi ʻano like ʻole o nā mea kanu a me nā holoholona i noho like i kēia wahi, a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ʻApelika a me ka honua.
ʻO nā lauana ma nā ʻūlili a me nā pōhaku e hōʻike ana i ka ulu ʻana o nā pua, nā lāʻau ʻoliva, nā paina, a me nā ʻano ʻē aʻe i kahi wahi momona a momona. Eia kekahi, ʻo nā holoholona hihiu e kū nei me nā antelope, nā liona, nā ʻōstriches, nā ʻelepani, a me nā kahawai e piha me nā crocodiles. ʻIke ʻole, kahi ʻano ʻokoʻa ʻokoʻa loa ma mua o nā mea e kū nei i kēia manawa ma Sahara.
Pēlā nō, hiki ke ʻike ʻia ke kanaka i kā lākou hana i kēlā me kēia lā ma kahi o hoʻokahi tausani mau kiʻi kahiko i ʻike ʻia ma Tassili. ʻO nā kāne e ʻimi holoholona ana, ʻauʻau, a mahiʻai, a me nā hana maʻamau i kahi lāhui archaic. ʻAʻohe mea ma waho o ka maʻamau no nā poʻe loea a me nā ʻepekema lehulehu i kipa aku i kēia puke maoli o nā pōhaku.
I kēia manawa, aia kekahi mau hiʻohiʻona hoihoi i hiki i nā lolo skeptical ke ʻike. I ka hoʻomaka ʻana, ʻoi aku ka nui o ke ʻano o nā kiʻi o nā kiʻi pena ma mua o ka mea i hoʻohana mau ʻia i kēlā manawa. ʻAʻole ikaika nā hiʻohiʻona kiʻi pōhaku mai ka manawa like e like me nā mea i ʻike ʻia ma aneʻi.
ʻO nā kiʻi i hōʻike ʻia e hōʻike i nā mea e komo ana i nā pāpale mahiole a me nā lole luʻu, like loa me nā astronauts o kēia manawa, ʻo ia ka mea kupaianaha a paʻakikī hoʻi e ʻae. Eia kekahi, ʻē aʻe Hōʻike nā kiʻi i nā humanoids me nā poʻo poepoe nui loa a me nā lālā nui loa.
Hōʻike nā mea āpau i ka hōʻike ʻana o kēia mau kiʻi ʻano ʻē a pīhoihoi i kēlā Ua kipa aku nā mea ola mai nā ao ʻē i ko mākou honua i ka wā kahiko. Manaʻo ʻia ʻaʻole hiki i nā kānaka kahiko ke ʻike i kēia ʻano kiʻi. Ma ka hakahaka, paʻi wale lākou i ka mea a lākou i ʻike ai, a lilo ia i ʻāpana o kā lākou mea hoʻomanaʻo.
ʻO kēia hōʻiliʻili holoʻokoʻa o nā kiʻi pena ʻo ia paha nā hōʻike kahiko loa o ka hālāwai ma waena o kānaka a me nā mea ola mai nā ao ʻē aʻe. I ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻike ʻia kekahi o nā kiʻi e hōʻike i kahi hui o nā malihini e alakai nei i kekahi mau poʻe i kahi mea oval e like me kahi mokulele liʻiliʻi.
Manaʻo kekahi mau loea i kipa aku i ka pūnaewele ua ʻike nā mea pena kiʻi mua i kahi mea ʻano ʻē a waiho ʻia nā kiʻi. ʻO kēia mau kiʻi o nā mea ola me nā poʻo poepoe nunui nā 'akua o Tassili i ʻike ʻole ʻia.'
