Human evolution is one of the most fascinating areas to know about the beginnings. And recent discoveries have contributed to the understanding of the ancient human.
Human evolution is a vast and fascinating area if you like to understand more about our beginnings. And in the last few decades, we have uncovered some of the marvellous artifacts, revolutionary fossils that can change our understanding of our beginnings. Here are some of the fascinating discoveries that led us to find valuable clues to the origins of mankind.
Prehistoric Murals in Chiribiquete National Park, Colombia
Towards southern Colombia, lies caves in Chiribiquete National Park that are filled with many prehistoric paintings. An estimate of 75,000 figures is painted in the caves and interestingly, some of them are painted in extreme elevations. Many experts and archaeologists are still amazed that how these painters and artists were able to climb so high to make them. Moreover, the paintings in the caves have a deep spiritual meaning, they have depicted paintings of prehistoric animals, hunting, dancing, and different rituals.
Skull of An Australopithecine Child in Taung, South Africa
In the year 1924, quarry workers bought an unusual skull to the famous anatomist named Raymond Dart. What was strange about the skull was that it didn’t match the dimensions of an ape or even that of a human. But after detailed examination, he concluded that this skill actually belonged to a 3-year-old hominin which he named “Australopithecus Africanus” which is about 2.8 million years old. This discovery is quite vital as it pointed to an important theory that humans evolved in Africa instead of what was previously believed to happen in Europe or Asia.
The oldest known musical instruments in Schelklingen, Germany, and Cerkno in Slovenia
Music isn’t a modern-day discovery. In the year 2008, archaeologist Nicholas Conard and his team discovered a number of flutes in a cave in the southwest part of Germany. These flutes were made of ivory andwere made anatomically modern humans in the period known in history as the Basal Aurignacian. There is also various evidence that suggests that Neanderthals played and enjoyed music thousands of years before these flutes were made. In the year 1995, a Neanderthal flute was discovered in Slovenia. This flute was 60,000 years old and is probably the oldest musical instrument ever known to man.
These discoveries connected various dots which enables experts to narrate the story of humanity in finer detail.
