Tauteval Man

TAUTAVEL CITY OF ANCIENT MAN!!!!!!!

ON March 8, we went to The Museum of Tautavel in Southeastern France.
In the Musee de Tautavel we saw a lot of skulls. One skull was from 500,000 years ago. The skulls were cracked and grey. The bone above the eyes came out, so their eyes were shaded. People only lived to be about 35 years old. The people lived in caves, wore animal skins and were very hairy.

They used tools for hunting. They hunted elephants, rhinos, horses, mountain goats and bears. Rocks were used as tools. They would smash the animal bones to suck out the marrow. With their own hands, they would break the live animal's legs. They ate only meat. That means they were carnivores.

The musee was small (petite), but it had lots of glass cases full of rocks. They had lots of dioramas - those are life-sized models of people and where they lived.




For more information, go to www.tautavel.com