 Laas Geel's rock art is estimated to date somewhere around circa 18,000 BC or 20,000 years ago.During November and December 2002, an archaeological survey was carried out in Somaliland by a French team of researchers.The expedition's objective was to search for rock shelters and caves that contained archaeological sediments and infills in order to document the historical period when production economy appeared in this part of the Horn of Africa (circa 5,000 to 2,000 years BC).