Prehistory-Fi (Talk about prehistoric life and any new scientific discoveries revolving around...

I have done some research on prehistory and have read several interesting theories of human migration and behaviors in the past 100,000 years. One of the most remarkable documentaries I've seen was Cave of Forgotten Dreams. It's about a "new" cave, the Chauvet Cave that was discovered in 1994 and remarkably preserved like a time capsule. If you like prehistory, you must see it to believe it. It is mind boggling and quite amazing.

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Diamond planet, here. Also on Gizmodo was a long thread of how they found a cure for AID's, cant find it.

Lol @ "prehistory-fi"

I'll contribute.

A while ago (years) I read this book on human/quasi-human "prehistoric" diets -- how for thousands of years our diet comprised mostly of meats, some foraged/gathered fruits, and some vegetables and nuts.  And how the agricultural revolution, circa 10,000 years ago, threw a wrench in the whole thing (previously running smoothly for some 75,000+ years.)  So the book goes on to advocate a return to the "intended" evolutionary diet.

Cool book.

I heard a T-rex is found preserved and its soft tissues were extracted. Until now, I still "hope" that dinosaurs still live in the wide seas because most unknown species lurk at ocean depths where no man has gone before. It's a bit silly I know but hey, maybe someday man will create a "Jurassic Park".

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Diamond planet, here. Also on Gizmodo was a long thread of how they found a cure for AID's, cant find it.

Good thing that some nonsense about a extrasolar planet and a cure for a disease that has only afflicted humans for 30 years are deeply related to ancient humans and paleontology.

To the OP, from age 5 until I was 9 years old , I wanted to be a paleontologist. A paleontologist with the last name of me (which I thought was pretty cool) found a new sauropod species near the peak of my interest, and I (with the help of my parents) had a year-long email exchange with him. I knew all the big species of dinosaurs' common names, some taxonomic names, and spent a lot of time digging for fossils by rivers near my house. Found a few trilobites and one leaf imprint.

Then dinosaurs gave way to my new interest in airplanes in 4th grade, and I decided that I wanted to be an Aeronautical engineer, and that's where I am today.

To Spareribs, early human history is a pretty interesting subject, the early development of the age of man is very mysterious and cool. Thanks for sharing :)

IMO, one of the best ways to feel the energy of many thousands of years ago is to visit a desolate place or mountain/island far away and out in the middle of nowhere and observe the still silence at night. It can be powerful because what you are feeling is pretty much exactly what early man felt 100,000 or so years ago.

Time moves slowly and you hear the wind and the distant waves if on an island. This is what early man felt. Trying to fathom something like 400 centuries ago can be mind boggling. I actually once did an experiment a couple years ago where I cooked a rabbit with fire wood and charcoal and on sticks like how early man would have done. Mind you, metal grill grates were not invented so it was very primitive. I had to use some charcoal because the firewood was difficult to start and my fire making skills from wood only is pretty bad but you get the idea of this basic recreation. So here was my attempt a couple winters ago of the caveman style barbecue:

Another way to do a caveman style BBQ is to just build a fire and throw hunks of meat directly on the burning embers. When the meat is cooked, you simply dust off the ashes from the meat and that's it. Despite the simplicity, it's actually very good because the char and smoke adds flavor. Early man would have used flint stones to cut the meat since a metal knife was to be a futuristic tool thousands of years later.

It seems almost everyone at some point in time or another has an interest in pre-history. Mine lasted from when I was 7 and my parents took me to Jurassic Park, grew at 8 when one of my Dad's students loaned me their copy of the novel, and took off the next year when I got into geology and collecting and acquired a hole handful of fossils - some obtained as gifts, a couple through trades and a couple that I personally found. I think I still have them cataloged somewhere in storage...