Atapuerca and human evolution

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.

Date of publication: 28/09/2003

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