Astrnomos Pr-histricos.

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Os caadores passaram longas noites observando o cu, calculando, e gravando suas descobertas nas paredes das cavernas ou nos ossos de animais. Por suas anlises, podiam medir o tempo e adaptar-se s suas mudanas. Em "Valle des Merveilles" existem 35.000 gravuras de uma sociedade pr-histrica local. Na arte das paredes, estas gravuras podem terem tido um efeito muito mais significativo para o homem.

Situada no alto das montanhas h mais de 2.000 metros, abaixo do majestoso Monte Bego, a Valle des Merveilles detm 35.000 gravuras. Acredita-se que as gravuras da Valle des Merveilles tenham sido esculpidas por homens da Idade do Bronze, entre 2.500 aC e 1.700 a.C. Muitos arquelogos acreditavam que o homem primitivo utilizava a arte na parede ilustrar a caa, a magia, o totenismo, o xamanismo. Chantal Jegues-Wolkiewiez acredita na hiptese de uma relao entre a poca do ano e a maneira em que os animais eram representados na arte rupestre, considerando-se quando o Sol brilhava em animais especficos, nas cavernas.

Chantal considera o exemplo de um salmo com uma mandbula inferior curva, uma caracterstica dos peixes deste perodo. Durante o inverno, o Sol caa especificamente sobre este peixe representado na parede da caverna, correspondendo com a estao em que ocorre a desova. Como resultado da investigao de Chantal, surge uma nova imagem da sociedade pr-histrica. Esta sociedade demonstrou conhecimento sofisticado e dedicou grande parte de seu tempo e recursos para observar o cu. Acredita-se que o homem paleoltico tenha observado a Lua e o Sol, as estaes para a caa e a colheita e as migraes sazonais. Muitos defendem a idia de que o Lascaux foi o primeiro mapa do mundo do cu.

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A drawing in a cave. Hunter gatherers spent long nights observing the sky, calculating, and recording their discoveries either on the walls of caves or on animal bones. Thanks to their analyses, they could measure time and adapt to weather change. ZED Read more: http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/nakedscience/4452/Overview#tab-Photos/1#ixzz0gVRtn3VX

Hunter gatherers spent long nights observing the sky, calculating, and recording their discoveries either on the walls of caves or on animal bones. Thanks to their analyses, they could measure time and adapt to weather change. ZED Read more: http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/nakedscience/4452/Overview#tab-Photos/2#ixzz0gVS6FL5g

Hunter gatherers spent long nights observing the sky, calculating, and recording their discoveries either on the walls of caves or on animal bones. Thanks to their analyses, they could measure time and adapt to weather change. Chantal Jagues-Wolkiewiez, an

independent French researcher, has come up with an exciting new hypothesis. She believes the Lascaux cave paintings represent a map of the sky. The sky as seen by the world's first artists 17,000 years ago. ZED Read more: http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/nakedscience/4452/Overview#tab-Photos/3#ixzz0gVSNS8jG

Chantal Jagues-Wolkiewiez, an independent French researcher, has come up with an exciting new hypothesis. She believes the Lascaux cave paintings represent a map of the sky. The sky as seen by the world's first artists 17,000 years ago. ZED Read more: http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/nakedscience/4452/Overview#tab-Photos/4#ixzz0gVSdZErt http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGC/StaticFiles/Images/Show/44xx/445x/ 4452_Naked_Science_Prehistoric_Astronomers-06_04700300.JPG

Hunter gatherers spent long nights observing the sky, calculating, and recording their discoveries either on the walls of caves or on animal bones. Thanks to their analyses, they could measure time and adapt to weather change. Chantal Jagues-Wolkiewiez, an independent French researcher, has come up with an exciting new hypothesis. She believes the Lascaux cave paintings represent a map of the sky. The sky as seen by the world's first artists 17,000 years ago. ZED Read more: http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/nakedscience/4452/Overview#tab-Photos/6#ixzz0gVT0Wo8p

Chantal Jagues-Wolkiewiez, an independent French researcher, has come up with an exciting new hypothesis. She believes the Lascaux cave paintings represent a map of the sky. The sky as seen by the world's first artists 17,000 years ago. ZED Read more: http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/nakedscience/4452/Overview#tab-Photos/7#ixzz0gVTKg2EV

Hunter gatherers spent long nights observing the sky, calculating, and recording their discoveries either on the walls of caves or on animal bones. Thanks to their analyses, they could measure time and adapt to weather change. ZED

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Read more: http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/nakedscience/4452/Overview#tab-Photos/8#ixzz0gVTlN2vf Fonte: http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/naked-science/4452/Overview#tab-Photos/8 Grotte Lascaux - visite o site e veja as imagens.

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