Ifunyenwe kwimimandla emininzi yehlabathi, imizobo emiqolombeni ziye zaba ngumthombo oxabisekileyo wolwazi wokuqonda indlela yokuphila neenkolelo zabantu bokuqala. Eminye ibonisa iimeko ekulula ukuziqonda, njengamadoda azingelayo okanye iintsapho zonke ezilalini.
The imizobo emiqolombeni efunyenwe kwithafa leTassili n'Ajjer kumazantsi eAlgeria, ngundoqo wabaphengululi. Bazoba oko bakubonayo, becinga ukuba abantu bamandulo babengenabuchule bokukwazi ukwenza umfanekiso onjalo: “Omnye wemifanekiso ubonakala ubonisa indalo engaphandle komhlaba isukela abantu isiya kwinto embhoxo, ethelekiswa nesiphekepheke esincinane.”
Ukuze ubone oko abaninzi bakugqala njengeyona myuziyam igqwesileyo yehlabathi yobugcisa bamandulo, abakhenkethi bamele bathabathe uhambo oluya kumathafa abharhileyo entlango yeSahara. Ngokukodwa kumazantsi eAlgeria, iimitha ezingama-700 ngaphezulu komphakamo wolwandle, yiTassili Plateau.
Kunokwenzeka ukufikelela komnye wemithombo yamandulo yolwazi ngobomi bamandulo bomhlaba ngokunqumla amawa amaninzi. Ukuwohloka kweminyaka, kunye namandla endalo anamandla, kuye kwabangela ukuba le ndlela ingafikeleleki. Ukwakheka kwamatye okufana nabalindi abakhulu bamatye kunokubonwa.
Kukule ndawo kanye apho kudlalwa khona imiqolomba kunye nemiqolomba engaphezulu, enemizobo emalunga ne-1,500 yomqolomba esukela kwi-10 ukuya kwi-15 lamawaka eminyaka. Kucingelwa ukuba zidalwe ngabantu ababehlala kwisiza kulo lonke ixesha le-Upper Paleolithic kunye ne-Neolithic.
Eminye imizobo iyavakala, kodwa eminye iyamangalisa, ikushiya ucamngca ngentsingiselo yokwenyani kangangeeyure ezininzi. Okokuqala nokuphambili, yonke into efunyenwe kule ndawo ikude ixhasa oko kwakucingwa ekuqaleni ngeNtlango yeSahara: le ndawo yayikhe yaphithizela bubomi. Iintlobo ngeentlobo zezityalo nezilwanyana zazikho kulo mmandla, nakwezinye iindawo ezininzi zaseAfrika nehlabathi.
Iipateni ezikwiingqameko namatye zibonakala zithetha ukuba iintyatyambo, imithi yomnquma, imisipres kunye nezinye iintlobo zakhula kwindawo echumileyo nedlamkileyo. Ngaphezu koko, izilwanyana zasendle ezikhoyo ngoku zaziquka iinyamakazi, iingonyama, iinciniba, iindlovu, nemilambo enyakazela iingwenya. Ngokungathandabuzekiyo, imeko eyahluke ngokupheleleyo kuleyo ikhoyo ngoku eSahara.
Ngokufanayo, abantu banokubonwa kwimisebenzi yabo yemihla ngemihla ngaphezulu kwewaka lemifanekiso yamandulo efunyenwe eTassili. Amadoda azingela, aqubha, afuya, kunye nezinye izinto eziqhelekileyo kwimpucuko yamandulo. Akukho nto ingaqhelekanga kwiingcali ezininzi kunye nabaphengululi abaye batyelela le ncwadi yokwenene yamatye.
Ngoku, kukho imiba ethile enomdla enokuthi ibonwe nabona ngqondo bathandabuzayo. Ukuqala, ithoni yemizobo yahluke kakhulu kunaleyo ibidla ngokusetyenziswa ngelo xesha. Imizobo yobugcisa be-rock yangexesha elifanayo ayidlali njengaleyo ibonwa apha.
Imifanekiso ebonakala ngathi ifanekisela izidalwa ezinxibe izigcina-ntloko kunye neesuti zokuntywila, ezifana ncam noosomajukujuku bangoku, yeyona imangalisayo kwaye kunzima ukuyamkela. Ngaphezu koko, ezinye imifanekiso ibonisa ii-humanoids ezineentloko ezinkulu ezingqukuva kunye namalungu amakhulu ngokugqithisileyo.
Yonke into ibonakala ithetha ukuba le mizobo ingaqhelekanga kwaye ididayo ibonisa oko izidalwa ezisuka kwamanye amazwe zandwendwela iplanethi yethu kude kudala. Kucingelwa ukuba abantu bamandulo babengakwazi ukuba nombono wolu hlobo lobugcisa. Kunoko, basuke bazoba oko bakubonayo, okwaba yinxalenye yeenkumbulo zabo.
Le ngqokelela yonke ye imizobo emiqolombeni inokuba bubungqina obudala bentlanganiso phakathi koluntu kunye izidalwa ezivela kwamanye amazwe. Ngapha koko, enye yeefoto ibonakala ibonisa iqela labaphambukeli abakhapha abantu abaliqela besiya kwinto embhoxo enjengesiphekepheke esincinci.
Ezinye iingcali eziye zatyelela le ndawo zikholelwa ukuba abapeyinti bokuqala babone into engaqhelekanga kwaye bashiya ubungqina obuyimifanekiso. Le mizobo yezidalwa ezineentloko ezinkulu ezingqukuva 'yezithixo zikaTassili ezingaziwayo imvelaphi.'
