As a kid I adored primitive man. This display of skulls in Bonn's Landesmuseum took me right back. Do you like museums?
Neanderthals, Australopithecus, all those fabulous names.
I hadn't realised science had managed to extract the genome of a Neanderthal from a bone. Very Jurassic Park that! Reminds me of the movie Trog!
I think I've managed to find all the stone age books I had as a kid. A couple elude me and as time passes I'm forgetting which they are. Early Man, Primitive Man, I'm unsure.
Did you like prehistoric man readers? Did you have any books as a kid?
I find it a fascinating subject. Human evolution is really complicated I believe.
ReplyDeleteYep Kev. I was reading about a tiny and separate species of Man that evolved on a small Island in the Philippines, Flores, Homo Florientis, that died out a mere 50,000 years ago. I wonder if currant inhabitants are related to their distant cousins?
DeleteAmazing isn't it? I believe there's a bit of Neanderthal dna in Europeans, so it's possible. There were Denisovans in Eastern Asia too.
DeleteI only saw the word Denisovan today in the Museum Kev. Who were they?
DeleteBit like Neanderthals I think but a different species and from the China region.
DeleteHuman evolution is fascinating indeed. Personally, I think we had “help” somewhere along the way. That sudden globe-wide jump in intelligence and advance in technology. Magnificent ancient civilizations, the likes of which we have nothing comparable today. It boggles the mind. It’s an area I’m really interested in now that I’m an “old fossil” myself! SFZ
ReplyDeleteI used to lap up the Von Daniken books SF. Chariot of the Gods I think one was called. I know you don't like modern films out Prometheus introduces us to Engineers, a fascinating species, who come to the young Earth. It's an ALIEN sequel. Or is it a prequel? Not sure!
DeleteI had a Von Daniken phase too. Fuelled mostly by the movie and that Amazing score by Peter Thomas (another German!)
DeleteHowever, I was rescued by Carl Sagan who basically said, sure, Aliens are exciting, but isn't it even more exciting to think primitive humans could do all this on their own, without any outside help?
Which movie Looey?
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