Did the Sumerians know the Sivatherium?

Authors

  • Juan Antonio Pérez Claros Spain

Keywords:

Sumerians, Sivatherium

Abstract

When I was a child and saw the movie “One Million Years B.C.” for the first time, I wasn’t so impressed by the character that made Rachel Welch a cinematic icon as much as discovering the superiority of primitive man in the fight against carnivorous dinosaurs. What a great thing intelligence is that allowed us to defeat those terrible beings! I must admit that I was somewhat disappointed when I later learned that humans did not coexist with any dinosaur and that the last of our ancestors who saw one of those beings alive might have been something like a squirrel.

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References

Edwin H. Colbert. 1936. Was the Extinct Giraffe (Sivatherium) Known to the Early Sumerians? American Anthropologist, New Series. 38(4) 605-608.

Published

2013-03-20

How to Cite

Pérez Claros, J. A. (2013). Did the Sumerians know the Sivatherium?. Encuentros En La Biología, 6(142), 13–16. Retrieved from https://revistas.uma.es/index.php/enbio/article/view/18383