I'm watching the Science Channel. The program on right now is a repeat doc from 2006 called Pre Human: Riddle of the Skull. It'll be on again twice tomorrow and then Saturday. They're examining a 7 million year old hominid skull found in Chad. Creating the bust from the piece of skull always gives me goosebumps.
Even if I can't always know right away what's going on and need to do more research on the net to find timelines and more info, I'm mesmerized by all these programs. From Meet The Ancestors to The Naked Archaeologist to Worst Jobs in History - I'm there.
2. It is the daily torture I subject my family to...
My husband will walk into the room and say "Hmmm....smells like a documentary to me..."
It is actually quite amusing. My daughter who will be 8 this week loves "Survivorman" on the Science Channel and she is starting to get more involved in watching the anthro related programming because "that is what mommy loves".
"cave painting" from art class....after I move I will scan it in - it is too cool! She painted a hunt scene using only twigs and feathers to paint with. Little MB is the coolest kid ever! (IMHO)
I like to see what things might have looked like back when they were newly minted whether a living, breathing being, an artifact or a building. The programs do a good job of reconstructing what you have tried to do in your imagination.
I had a collection of them back to the turn of the last century. I finally had to sell them at a yard sale because I had no room anymore to store them. :cry: My loss though was someone else's gain and it was someone who would treasure them.
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