Prehistoric Astronomers 7:30PM Sun 14 June SBS 1

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Hmmm yes.... The Skating Bear Syndrome.
But don't get me started.

[gmbfilter (Geoff)]

Originally Posted by avandonk

Geoff she went to a planetarium where precession of the poles and the real relative motion of nearby bright stars were all accounted for. The date for this calculation was worked out by dating the artifacts. You really must pay better attention.

Sadly, very true

Perhaps, as a small defense, I went out to check the clouds

[h0ughy (David)]

lucky for me i did record it, and burnt a copy to dvd this morning to watch at work, seeing as though i didnt watch it last night

[Liz]

Originally Posted by Robert9

Missed the show. SBS don't seem to be putting up on the web either. Damn it!

I think they said it would be repeated on SBS 2 on Friday night??


Just finished watching it - pretty amazing, The Lascaux Planetarium!!

I visited some prehistoric caves at L'Eyzies last year -The Font de Gaume Cave - unbelievable stuff, and one of the highlights of my trip to France!!

[avandonk]

Could I also say that these 'primitive' people had the same brain structure as yourselves. They were far from primitive they survived in an environment that was far worse than any of us have ever coped with. They had no central heating or fridge without collecting the wood and doing it for themselves. Do you all not think that on those light pollution free long nights that the wonders of the night sky were bloody obvious! They were not stupid. They could only record with the materials they had available. It is our own ignorant blindness and failure to interpret their way of thinking that stops us from understanding them.

Can you imagine an archeologist a few thousand years in the future asking what is paris hilton as her signs are everywhere in 20th century rubbish tips!

Bert

[Omaroo (Chris Malikoff)]

Originally Posted by avandonk

Could I also say that these 'primitive' people had the same brain structure as yourselves. They were far from primitive they survived in an environment that was far worse than any of us have ever coped with. They had no central heating or fridge without collecting the wood and doing it for themselves. Do you all not think that on those light pollution free long nights that the wonders of the night sky were bloody obvious! They were not stupid. They could only record with the materials they had available. It is our own ignorant blindness and failure to interpret their way of thinking that stops us from understanding them.

Can you imagine an archeologist a few thousand years in the future asking what is paris hilton as her signs are everywhere in 20th century rubbish tips!

Bert

Precisely - ancient, not stupid or even ignorant.

[glenc (Glen)]

Prehistoric Astronomers is on again tonight 24/7 SBS 2 from 7:30pm to 8:30pm.