The animal I chose to do my report over for the prehistoric era is the Stegosaurus. Stegosaurus translates to meaning, “roof lizard or"plated lizard". Stegosauruses most likely lived during the late Jurassic period, about 156-140 million years ago. Fossils have been found in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming, USA, and in North America, western Europe, southern India, China, and southern Africa. The first Stegosaurus fossil was found in Colorado, USA, in 1876 by M. P. Felch.
Until recently, the Chauvet cave paintings in France were believed to be the oldest, dating back to approximately 32,000 BCE; however, using carbon dating of the calcium deposits formed over the mineral-based paint, the cave paintings found in Spain’s are now believed to be over 40,000 years old [ (Than, 2012) ]. There has been speculation that these older paintings are the first evidence that Neanderthals could have been the first cave
Abstract From the nearly 7 million year old skull of the Sahelanthropus to the 28,000 year old skull of the Cro-Magnon or “Homo sapiens sapiens”, paleoanthropologists have been attempting to complete the human evolutionary timeline or “tree” in order to document and understand human origins; culturally and biologically for hundreds of years. Their efforts have not been unrewarded. The discovery of a nearly complete Homo erectus or possibly Homo ergaster skeleton also known as the “Nariokotome boy” in 1984 gave anthropologists an abundant amount of information concerning the capabilities and body proportions of this early hominin species. The skeleton is also classified as KNM-WT 15000 (Kenya National Museums-West Turkana). Discovery “In August 1984, a small piece of human cranial bone was recovered by Kenyan fossil-finder Kamoya Kimeu at a site located near the Nariokotome sand river, some 5 kilometers inland from the western shore of Lake Turkana, northern Kenya (F. H. Smith 1994: 418).” Kimeu was part of the Richard Leaky and Alan Walker excavation team.
is quite late in the history of the Universe, which -- as we told you in our lastInstruction -- is thought to have begun about 15 million years ago with an almostunimaginable explosion called The Big Bang.At first, the Earth was just a ball of molten rock and gasses. As it began to cool,dense materials like iron sank down into its core. Lighter materials likecompounds of oxygen and water rose toward the surface.That's why the Earth is made up of different layers -- as you can see in this crosssection:There are three layers in the Earth: the Crust, the Mantle and the Core. For another way to look at them, click:http://mediatheek.thinkquest.nl/~ll125/en/fullstruct.htm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Page 2 www.etap.orgEarth Science Lesson 3Dynamic Earth Processes (Grades 8-12 )Instruction 3-1The Internal Structure of the Earth2 of 2California Content Standards Earth Science 3.b.B. J. Subbiondo © 2004The CrustThe outer layer of the Earth is called the crust.
The Late Paleozoic Period The Age of fishes The Age of Amphibians The Paleozoic Era is the beginning of the explosion of life forms. This Era was the start of thousands of new life forms. The difference between the Paleozoic Era from all of the others is the life in the ancient sea and the start of many of the land animals. The Paleozoic Era starts five hundred and forty three million years ago, and ended two hundred and forty eight million years ago. The Era is made up of six Geologic periods, the Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous, and the Permian.
Great Pyramid of Giza From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [pic] The Great Pyramid of Giza, in 2005. Built c. 2560 B.C., it is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza Necropolis. The Great Pyramid of Giza (also called the Khufu's Pyramid, Pyramid of Khufu, and Pyramid of Cheops) is the oldest and largest of the three pyramidsin the Giza Necropolis bordering what is now Cairo, Egypt, and is the only remaining member of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It is believed the pyramid was built as a tomb for Fourth dynasty Egyptian King Khufu (Cheops in Greek) and constructed over a 20 year period concluding around 2560 BC. The Great Pyramid was the tallest man-made structure in the world for over 3,800 years.
Cueva de El Castillo Looking at the Stone Age Cueva de El Castillo Looking at the Stone Age Located in the northern most province of Spain, Cueva of El Castillo arguably holds the oldest cave paintings known to earth. The "Cave of the Castle" has over 150 images catalogued with several dating 35,000 years old and a few dating 40,800 years. (U-Series Dating of Paleolithic Art) Spanish archaeologist Hermilio Alcalde del Rio first discovered the cave in 1903 on his quest to learn about early cave paintings. He found the time of these earliest paintings are in the Aurignacian cultural era, tools used in this time were made of bone, flint and antler. The paintings and carvings in the cave were made with these early tools.
Magri died in 1907, before the publication of the report. Following Magri's sudden death, excavation resumed under Sir Temi Zammit. The Hypogeum is an enormous subterranean structure excavated c. 2500 B.C., using cyclopean rigging to lift huge blocks of coralline limestone. Perhaps originally a sanctuary, it became a necropolis in prehistoric times. Hal Saflieni Hypogeum is a cultural property of exceptional prehistoric value.
The pyramid is also the tallest man made structure for over 3800 years, and was later surpassed by Lincoln cathedral. The pyramid is a tomb built for the fourth dynasty Egyptian king Khufu, and that is why the pyramid of Giza is also called Khufu’s pyramid or the pyramid of Khufu. Khufu was remembered as a very ruthless king, but he is also remembered as the builder of the pyramid. The pyramid was built just under 30 years, used about 2 million blocks of stone, each blocks weigh 2.5 tons, and how did they move them from 500 miles away? Well a lot of people belief that sloping ramps built out of mud, stone, and wood were used as transportation.
The oldest known example of the Corinthian order is the temple of Apollo at Bassae. Building the Parthenon was a greater feat than they ever would have known. Work on the Parthenon began in 477 BC. A much smaller shrine already stood on this site. If such a structure in fact existed, it was torn down to make way for a huge limestone platform, roughly 252 by 103 feet in size that was built as a base for the new temple.