28. July 2019

Working around the mammoth of Siegsdorf in fact opened new perspectives. I gained insight into the current state of knowledge about the evolution of our planet and encountered fascinating recent research. This experience has increased my interest even further. I suddenly started to read articles in newspapers and to follow reports that I probably would not even have noticed before. It also raised important questions on climate change. The study of cave paintings might take me to the replica...

14. July 2019

Thinking about a mammoth makes you think about a long stretch of time in Earth`s history. From about 5 million years to approximately 4,000 years before present. After appearing in Africa, different species evolved and moved to Asia, Europe, and North America. The Siegsdorf mammoth, a woolly mammoth species, has been dated to a time about 45,000 years ago. Woolly mammoths were covered in a thick coat of hair, keeping them warm in frigid areas. They had large, curved tusks that might have served...

10. July 2019

It was in 1975 in the area of the small town of Siegsdorf when sixteen-year old Bernhard Bredow and his friend Robert Omelanowsky were searching for remains of World War II. Instead, they met bones of a mammoth skeleton. They kept their secret for 10 years. Imagine what awesome time that must have been for the two of them. In 1985 they finally went public, since they did not succeed in digging up the find by themselves. The giant animal was finally freed, reconstructed and started to pull the...

08. July 2019

FORMATION The formation of the Alps started 145 to 66 million years ago. Forces arising from the Earth`s core induced shifts in the Earth`s crust plates. The Adriatic and the European continents collided, resulting in overthrusting processes. Rocks were stacked on top of one another and created majestic mountains. How about life on earth during this time period? 150 million years ago, the famous Archaeopteryx lived in Europe. The giant Argentinosaurus, believed to be the largest land animal in...

07. July 2019

This blog is an experiment. In times when everything seems to be at our fingertip, the world close to us might loose attention. The big, wide world holds so much new information, excitements, attractions. Why stay if we can travel far? I want to find out what will happen when diving deep into a seemingly small world. Will it be restricting? Will it get boring? Will there come up new avenues? May they lead to a new perspective on this big, wide world? No expectations. Just pure curiosity.