El Parque de la Prehistoria de Teverga dará la bienvenida a una
pareja de caballos Przewalski este sábado, 1 de febrero, con una visita
especial que se realizará a las 12:00 horas.
Según ha informado
Recrea a través de una nota de prensa, el público podrá observar a estos
dos ejemplares de caballos de origen prehistórico en una zona adaptada
del exterior del Parque y conocer todos los detalles de esta iniciativa,
que busca "integrar en el entorno del equipamiento tevergano a esta
especie, contribuyendo así al desarrollo rural y conservación de este
animal del que apenas quedan 1.500 ejemplares en todo el mundo".
Con
motivo de la llegada de los caballos, a las 13:00 horas los niños
podrán participar en un taller en el que personalizarán una chapa con la
imagen de los caballos que se llevarán a casa.
Tanto esta visita
especial como el taller infantil son actividades gratuitas. Se puede
reservar plaza en los teléfonos 902 306 600/985 185 860 o en el correo
electrónico promocionrecrea@recrea.asturias.es.
Por otra parte,
este sábado el Parque de la Prehistoria y La Ponte-Ecomuséu ofrecen una
nueva actividad para acercarse al Paleolítico y Prerrománico con una
visita conjunta.
A las 12:00 horas se podrá realizar una visita
guiada a la Iglesia prerrománica de Santo Adriano de Tuñón, con pinturas
de gran interés pertenecientes a este periodo del Medievo. La visita se
completará con un recorrido y taller temático al Parque para acercare
al arte rupestre, que se podrá realizar a lo largo del día en las
distintas frecuencias que se ofrecen. (EuropaPress)
sábado, 1 de febrero de 2014
Pre- historic rock art sites in Wayanad mired in neglect
Two pre-historic rock art sites in Wayanad district are facing neglect and ruin.
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The petroglyphs on a slanted rock on Thovarimala Hills in Wayanad |
The
petroglyphs (rock engravings) on the walls of a slanted rock on the
Thovarimala hills, near Sulthan Bathery, and a newly discovered art site
at Kappikunnu, near Pulpally, both believed to date back to the
Neolithic period, are in urgent need of attention.
Though
the rock engravings at Edakkal caves had been protected by government
agencies, the ones at Thovarimala, just five km from Edakkal, and
Kappikunnu are yet to be taken care of by the Department of Archaeology.
Miscreants and anti-socials who reportedly frequent the Thovarimala had
disfigured some of the precious carvings by wanton etching. More than
50 motifs had been engraved on the rock walls and many of these resemble
the rock carvings of Edakkal.[...] thehindu.com
Dog Family Tree Traced Back 2 Million Years
A new cache of extremely well preserved, prehistoric canine fossils
is shedding light on dog and wolf ancestors from 2 million years ago to
today.
The fossils, described in the latest issue of the Journal of Mammalian Evolution, date to that early period and belonged to a scrappy canine carnivore known as Canis etruscus that lived near Rome, Italy.
"Canis etruscus appeared approximately 2 million years
ago and is the oldest European species referred to in the genus Canis,"
lead author Marco Cherin told Discovery News, adding that this species
"was considerably smaller than the modern wolf."
"We can suppose that it was a social dog, as most of the living species of similar size," continued Cherin, who is a researcher at Perugia University's Department of Earth Sciences. "Hunting in packs, Canis etruscus could have preyed on small to medium-sized animals."
The prey of this carnivore, which looked like a cross between a German shepherd and a wolf, would have included animals such as ancient relatives of deer and pigs. They were all common at the site: Pantalla, Italy. [...] news.discovery.com
The fossils, described in the latest issue of the Journal of Mammalian Evolution, date to that early period and belonged to a scrappy canine carnivore known as Canis etruscus that lived near Rome, Italy.
Canis etruscus. commons.wikimedia.org |
"We can suppose that it was a social dog, as most of the living species of similar size," continued Cherin, who is a researcher at Perugia University's Department of Earth Sciences. "Hunting in packs, Canis etruscus could have preyed on small to medium-sized animals."
The prey of this carnivore, which looked like a cross between a German shepherd and a wolf, would have included animals such as ancient relatives of deer and pigs. They were all common at the site: Pantalla, Italy. [...] news.discovery.com
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