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.
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. His discovery led to 4 years of excavations at the site designated as Nariokotome III. A collection of bones found over this period of time, which belonged to WT 15000, exists as the most complete early human skeleton. “Such an answer to a paleoanthropologist's prayer is the Nariokotome hominid, a nearly complete skeleton of an adolescent individual (Zihlman 1993: 133).” Sites near Turkana were popular, for example; specimens of Homo erectus were also found at Koobi Fora which is on Turkana’s eastern shore. Age and condition of skeleton Several ways were used to date skeletons such as analyzing volcanic tuffs and the stratigraphy of the site to determine an estimate of the period in which these early humans would have lived.
“In Search Of Human Origins" “IN SEARCH OF HUMAN ORIGINS” The human story begins in one of the most geologically fascinating place on earth, the Gift of the River Nile. In the video “In search Of Human Origins,” by Don Johanson, the author captures how a tiny female falls into an ancient lake. The tiny female was called “Lucy.” She emerged three million years after she lived, when a determined Anthropologist found her fossilized bones. Therefore the question is left to ask; could she be the missing link between Ape and us (Human)? However, according to Don Johanson, Lucy is the starting point of a tireless quest to understanding our past.
4.6 Ga 1000Ma 305.5 ft 4.6Ga This would be at lady liberty’s shoulder First Land Animal: 415 Ma*1 Ga = X ft X= .415Ga (305.5ft) X= 27.56 ft 4.6 Ga 1000Ma 305.5 ft 4.6Ga This would be at lady liberty’s elbow First Dinosaur: 230 Ma*1 Ga = X ft X= .23 Ga(305.5ft) X= 15.28 ft 4.6 Ga 1000Ma 305.5 ft 4.6Ga This would be at lady liberty’s wrist Dinosaurs go Extinct: 65 Ma*1 Ga = X ft X= .065Ga(305.5ft) X= 4.32 ft 4.6 Ga 1000Ma 305.5 ft 4.6Ga This would be at Lady Liberty’s base of the torch Earliest Hominids: 4 Ma*1 Ga = X ft X= .004(305.5ft) X= .27 ft 4.6 Ga 1000Ma 305.5 ft 4.6Ga This would be the tip of the flame of the torch Earliest fully modern Homo Sapiens: 150 Ka*1 Ga = X ft X= .00015Ga(305.5ft) X= .00996 ft 4.6Ga 1,000,000Ka 305.5 ft 4.6Ga This would be at the very tip of the flame of the torch barely
However the most remarkable of the existing pieces of the Olmec are their carvings of the Colossal Heads. The discovery of a colossal head in the nineteenth century spurred the first archaeological investigations of Olmec culture by Matthew Sterling. He along with his wife explored and excavated Tres Zapotes, La Ventana and San Lorenzo during 1930's and 1940's. "He and his wife Marion were led to the site of San Lorenzo by a report of a stoned eye looking up from a trail" (Coe pg66).San Lorenzo had first been settled about 1700 BC by Mixo-Zoqueans, but by 1500 BC it became thoroughly Olmec. The Olmec culture lasted about a thousand years.
The early people who scraped primitive drawings onto cave walls used some of the same tools and techniques that artisans still use today. Since then engraving gave the beginning for the art of inlay! D. Preview: Because the entire history of the art of inlay up to modern times is too extensive i will focus only on three questions: Why did people inlay? what materials and technique do modern artists use for inlay? Transition: Let`s find out why ancient people did inlay.
The origin of this wonderful mechanism is one of evolution's most durable mysteries. In 1861, just two years after Darwin published Origin of Species, quarry workers in Germany unearthed spectacular fossils of a crow-size bird, dubbed Archaeopteryx, that lived about 150 million years ago. It had feathers and other traits of living birds but also vestiges of a reptilian past, such as teeth in its mouth, claws on its wings, and a long,
A skull was found by the leader of a team of mountaineers and archaeologist, Peter Athans, in Mustang, Nepal on a boulder. He was first to hold the skull in 1,500 years. Athans gave it to three other scientist: Mark Aldenfer, Jacqueline Eng, and Mohan Singh. Aldenfer was glad to find the molders, which means they can identify the person's diet, health, and general place of birth. The skull belonged to a young adult male.
Tattoos are accepted in many cultures, they date back to early Egyptian times, mummies have been found with markings to bring them into the afterlife safely. The oldest known tattoos were found on a mummified body found in the Alps in 1991. It was found to be over 5,000 years old. Throughout history, tattoos have been symbols for religion, affiliation, social status and self-expression. According to a survey, 24 percent of Americans ages 18 to 50 have at least one tattoo.
At 16th, July, 2003. An old man said he found fossil of plesiosaur at loch ness. And then the fossil is proved to be true. That means plesiosaur do occur here in ancient time. So it is more likely that loch ness monster is a plesiosaur.