The oldest weapons of mankind are probably 300,000 years old. In 1994, wooden javelins were discovered in Schöningen in Lower Saxony. Their discovery radically changed our view of human evolution. Author: ZDF / Terra X / Film Produktion Stein e.K./Alexander Hogh / Martin Papirowski / Timm Westen,
On this episode of Animal Fact Files discover possibly the oldest living vertebrates (at least that we know of!). You can learn more on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/animalfactfiles Facebook - https://facebook.com/animalfactfiles --- We always do what we can to be as accurate as possible, but we
One of the oldest known high cultures is Uruk in Mesopotamia, today's Iraq. The first major city in world history was built there in the 4th millennium BC. Author: ZDF/Terra X/Film Produktion Stein e.K./Alexander Hogh/Martin Papirowski/Timm Westen, Roxana Ardelean/Golem Studio/Alexander Leuck/Frau
The Nebra sky disk is the world's oldest known concrete representation of astronomical phenomena and is more than 3600 years old. It shows a crescent moon, the full moon - sometimes interpreted as the sun - and a total of 32 stars. Author: ZDF/Terra X/SPIEGEL TV/Christopher Gerisch/Tilman Remme/Rei
At about 3.5 billion years old, bacteria are one of the oldest living organisms on earth. They are responsible for a range of diseases including cholera, tuberculosis and the plague amongst many others. But they aren’t all bad; there are trillions of good bacteria living in your gut that are essen
Learn the basics about carbon neutral and biofuels, as a part of environmental chemistry. Coal, oil, natural gas, shale gas and gas from fracking are fossil fuels formed hundreds of millions of years ago from living things that got trapped by layers of sediment before they had time to decompose. H
On this episode of Animal Fact Files discover a fish whose oldest living individual was more than two centuries old! You can learn more on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/animalfactfiles Facebook - https://facebook.com/animalfactfiles --- We always do what we can to be as accurate as possible but
