Sa Llonja in Palma is housing until November 23, the exhibition "Atapuerca
y la evolución humana", produced by the
Fundació
Caixa Catalunya directed by
Juan
Luis Arsuaga, codirector of the Research Team of Atapuerca. The exhibition
that comes to Palma brought by the
Conselleria
d'Educació i Cultura of the Balearic Government, presents the
discoveries carried out and the objects recovered by the research team
that is working in the
site
of prehistoric remains of the Sierra de Atapuerca (Burgos).
The exhibition, that includes a
documentary
about Atapuerca directed by Javier Trueba, groups together objects of great
value, such as the first reconstruction of the head of the Gran Dolina
Child (Homo antecesor), the oldest human found in Europe, some 800,000
years old. In 1997 the research team of Atapuerca received the award
Premio Principe de Asturias for Scientific and Technical Research and in
2000 the UNESCO declared the site to be World Heritage.
Connected to the exhibition a programme of activities has been organised,
including three conferences and three educational workshops. The
conferences will be at 8 p.m. on October 9, 23 and November 6; the workshops
will take place on Saturdays and Sundays in October and November.
More information on telephone 971 71 17 05.
The entrance is free and the visiting times are from Tuesdays to Saturdays
from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 5 to 9 p.m. and on Sundays from 11 a.m.
to 2 p.m. Closed Mondays.
Photo © BalearWeb: Cranium of Cro-Magnon (France). Homo sapiens.
30.000 years.