Etiket: prehistoric
In prehistoric times, children with Down syndrome were buried with all honors
In prehistoric societies, children with Down syndrome who died young were buried with the usual honors, and in some cases even with strikingly beautiful grave goods. This is the conclusion…
PREHISTORIC ANIMALS | This is the creature that has taken the title of heaviest animal of all time from the blue whale
Puede superar los 30 metros de largo y pesar hasta 200 toneladas, tanto como 2.700 seres humanos de peso medio, como 30 elefantes juntos o el doble que los dinosaurios…
Special catch: fisherman retrieves prehistoric ax from the water
An unsuspecting fisherman from Texel has accidentally found a prehistoric ax in his net. It has now been six years since the discovery was made, but since the day before…
Where would a person make a prehistoric rock drawing today?
For thousands of years, petroglyphs of beasts were made in caves in Europe and beyond. Most are known from Europe, with the famous Chauvet Cave (c. 32,000 years old) and…
Karin (29) from Balloërveld spends eleven days with horse Zula along all the dolmens in Drenthe. ‘Get a little under the skin of prehistoric man’
What’s the fastest way to learn all about the hunebedden? By visiting them all, thought Karin Olfert (29) from Balloërveld. From 18 to 28 July, she and her horse Zula…
Amateur archaeologist donates prehistoric urns to Museum Collection Brands
The Brands Collection Museum in Nieuw-Dordrecht has received two prehistoric urns. They were donated by amateur archaeologist Eric van der Schoot, who recently moved to New Dordrecht. “The urns are…
The ‘Ei van Onnen’ exposes its secrets. Pollen from prehistoric pingo ruins prove: five thousand years of agriculture on the Onneresch near Haren
Already five thousand years ago, agriculture was practiced on the current Onneresch. This has emerged from an analysis of pollen and plant remains found in a prehistoric pingo ruin near…
Discovered a spectacular set of prehistoric art that includes animals, idols and strange symbols in Tarragona
The exploration of the Cova de la Vila de La Febró, in the Baix Camp region, Tarragona, has revealed an unprecedented prehistoric work of art. One more piece of the…
Popular toys of prehistoric children revealed by new research
A 5,000-year-old prehistoric object regularly found in Spain and Portugal has been found to be a toy. If you thought that a wooden top is old, you will be amazed…
Neanderthals lived together in small groups, where incest was not strange: research into the first family of prehistoric humans light a tip of the veil
Scientists, including this year’s Nobel laureate Svante Pääbo, have genetically analyzed the remains of a group of Neanderthals. A first, because for the first time a study allows us a…