Most Mysterious Discoveries Made in This Caves

after a million years an ancient hero bug emerged from this cave and it might change everything an isolated cave in New Mexico has produced bacteria so old it has powers and that may help us fighting a growing crisis we have in hospitals today 1,600 feet under New Mexico is lechuga la cave where scientists found a life-form bacteria really millions of years old what's more important about this bacteria is that has been isolated from humanity for millions of years the cave can only be reached by professionals and it takes around 10,000 years for water to reach the bottom of this cave this means that it has grown untouched by modern medicine or modern society in general for a very long time microbiologist hazel Barton of Northern Kentucky University and her team picked up the bacterial samples from the walls and found ones that are superbugs or those that are resistant to antibiotics one of the samples from the cave painted oculus is an example of these superbugs it has a big difference however it's non-pathogenic when the word super bug is mentioned it's normally time to freak out since people think of the ones and hospitals and animal farms non-pathogenic bacteria are the type that does not cause illness in humans that means the ancient super bug of lechuguilla's can get past defenses but it won't hurt you kind of a hero bug the research from lachchi Gila cave showed surprising discoveries the fact that even at its age it is resistant means the idea of antibiotic resistance isn't as new as we thought it was maybe it's something hardwired into bacteria jumping into a cave can find the answers to finding new antibiotics these new hero bugs are natural untouched and ready to be tested and broken down into compounds hopefully it will lead to effective antibiotics that will save lives these million-year finds are important for medicine and pharmaceuticals we're getting closer to a point where the antibiotics we use now are becoming powerless against stronger and strains of bacteria one strain of e.coli has even become resistant to an antibiotic used as a last resort they are racing against the clock to find new options before people die in hospitals for no reason 25,000 people die in Europe alone from infections that used to be treatable a pen tuberculous that was custom made years before the discovery of the ones in Luca Gillick cave already proved it's worth it's also pathogenic and was designed to eat up other bacteria there are plenty of other rock formations to explore and sample in the cave there are also caves in other parts of the world which may hold the secrets to new antibiotics as well all scientists have to do is put on their gear and start spilling 'king these 64 year old paintings have just been discovered and they weren't created by humans we've long believed that other characteristics that separated us Homo sapiens from other species is our ability to create art however artworks found deep within some Spanish caves have astonished scientists why because these discoveries mean that we have to think again about our theories of human exceptionalism cave art has been found in many parts of the world and until recently it was always assumed that only we humans created it some of the most famous cave art was discovered in the Chevette cave in southern France and we can be almost certain that this work was produced by Homo sapiens we know that the art at Chevette was created by Homo sapiens because the cave paintings there have been dated to about 30,000 years ago at that time the only homonym or human-like species on earth was Homo sapiens so it follows that it must have been these humans who created the stunning wall paintings other examples of Stone Age cave paintings were discovered in the Lascaux cave also in France on the walls of this cave are some six thousand images depicting a variety of animals among them deer AREX and horses the site also contains pictures of humans alongside images that are abstract the lass Kalpana are about 20,000 years old a little younger than Chevette but both of these sets along with other cave paintings that have been discovered were undeniably created by Homo sapiens they therefore fit in with the theory that humans came from Africa into Western Europe some 45,000 years ago yet there was another species of homonym in Western Europe at the time that Homo sapiens arrived on the landscape the Neanderthals in keeping with the prevailing popular image for many years after the existence of Neanderthals was discovered it was thought that they were a rather primitive species they certainly wouldn't have been capable of creating art or so it was believed then along came some stunning discoveries of cave art at three locations in Spain as reported in the journal Science in February 2018 these particular artworks had been carefully dated using an advanced technique that measures the radioactive decay of uranium as a slowly transforms into thorium and the unequivocal age of these paintings is no less than 65 thousand years that's at least twenty thousand years before the Homo sapiens arrived in Spain the only beings capable of making such art who were around in this geographical region at that time were thus Neanderthals so scientists deducted that it must have been our homonym cousins who created the images all the cave paintings at the three sites are interestingly abstract in nature there are Neanderthal handprints red dot set in patterns and geometric shapes and professor stringer told the BBC that these new discoveries show Neanderthals were certainly able to think symbolically the finds further narrow any perceived behavioral gap between the Neanderthals and us the professor asserted deep in the valleys of southern France a researcher is studying ancient footprints in a prehistoric cave but as he follows the tracks of a child he begins to notice a surprising detail thousands of years ago something walked on four legs beside this human in fact the scientist is about to discover a shocking revelation about mankind's relationship with animals across the ages the story of this incredible find began back in December of 1994 when jean-marie Shevat was exploring the architect gorge near Vallon pon de Arc in France his day job was a government caretaker however chavin would like to do something a little different in his spare time in fact he liked to roam the countryside on the hunt for long-forgotten caves then on December 18th javits struck gold while investigating the rocky cliffs of the gorge with two friends he felt a draught of warm air in order to take a closer look the trio managed to force open a small hole Chevette and his companions climbed inside and found themselves in a cramped passage after crawling along in their hands and knees for a short distance they came to a sharp drop bravely they descended by ladder thirty feet into the darkness before reaching the floor of the cave soon it became clear that their curiosity was to pay off in spades as they shone their torches around the walls what they saw blew them away I kept thinking we're dreaming we're dreaming Chau vet recalled in a 1995 interview with the Los Angeles Times in fact what the friends had discovered would turn out to be one of the century's most important prehistoric finds the cave which is soon dubbed Chevette cave after its Discoverer was covered in stunning paintings all along the walls were depictions of ancient animals carefully rendered in earth pigments when researchers moved in to study the caves they determined that the paintings could be as much as 32 thousand years old unusual for prehistoric art the work depicts fearsome predators such as lions and bears alongside the pictures meanwhile were the skulls and footprints of cave bears a species that has been extinct for 12,000 although archaeologists don't think that humans ever lived in the cave there is evidence that they used it for ritual purposes in fact a cave bear skull was discovered on what is - believed to be a primitive altar according to experts this could have been part of an attempt to capture the spirits of the dangerous predators but it isn't just bears that have a strong presence in chava cave in 1995 McHale Alan Garcia a pree historian from the central Nationale de la Rochester scientific in Nanterre a France made some startling discoveries amazingly he found a series of ancient footprints thought to date back between 20,000 and 30,000 years and they came accompanied by a surprising revelation these tracks which at the time were considered the oldest human footprints in the world were thought to have belonged to a young boy around 8 years old according to Garcia he was four and a half feet in height his prints stretch for about a hundred and fifty feet across the cave and most tellingly they often cross paths with tracks of wolves and bears in fact Garcia believes that some of the footprints show the boy and a canid animal walking side by side moreover he has noted that the tracks display an unusually short digit in the middle of the paw a trade commonly associated with domestic dogs apparently the tracks indicate that the boy was walking rather than running suggesting that he was not fleeing in fear at one point he even appears to stop and attend to his torch according to experts charcoal from the light source can be dated back an incredible twenty six thousand years could these prints be early evidence of our special relationship with man's best friend if so they represent a fascinating development in a period of our history that is little understood just how did wild wolf evolved into a docile loving companions that form an important part of many modern families today the oldest undisputed evidence of joint human and dog burials dates back some fourteen thousand seven hundred years however many experts have theorized that the relationship is far older indeed the footprints in the Chevette cave predate this discovery more than 10,000 years according to Garcia the discovery of the two sets of footprints may mean that the boy and his dog had worked together to explore the cave interestingly this may also explain why there were no paintings of dogs or wolves among the inches of predators that adorned the walls and piked a a professor of anthropology at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie New York believes that a close relationship between dogs and humans may explain the lack of images what if dogs were put in the human family category as an extension of the hunter a 2009 article from American scientist quotes her as saying and like humans warranted no or very few painted or engraving descriptions in his 2011 book how the dog became the dog from wolves to our best friends meanwhile our third mark Dirk came to some slightly different conclusions according to him modern trackers often struggle to tell the difference between wolf and dog prints when they're fresh with twenty six thousand year old tracks he believes the tasks to be far more challenging instead der propose that the prints were that of a wolf rather than a dog however he agrees that the evidence implies that animals were socialized and lived in some degree of harmony with the humans moreover he suggests that the appearance of these domesticated wolves could have been the first step in the evolutionary process that brought us the dogs we know and love today at some point after the child and his mystery companion visited the cave a landslide sealed the entrance amazingly the prehistoric time capsule laid untouched for thousands of years until the day a vet and his friends made their amazing discovery today a vet cave is off-limits to the public amid concerns that high numbers of visitors could damage the precious remains meanwhile archaeologists continue to conduct research at the site will they uncover more evidence to prove that the friendship between man and dog is far older than once thought the truth remains to be seen hidden beneath an ancient town on the shores of southern Italy a mysterious subterranean location evokes a sense of awe here the hypnotic rhythms of the ocean seemed to echo the neverending cycles of the earth and a network of intricate stone grottoes sculpted over millennia by nature's hand reflect a kind of sublime imagination the town's name is Paul gana no amare situated some 18 miles south of the city of body it occupies a crumbling coastal outcrop near the Via Appia Tanya an ancient road leading to Rome it is archaeologically speaking one of the most significant settlements in the region built over hundreds of years the town's maze-like narrow streets are testament to the tenacity of its inhabitants from the ancient Greeks to the Romans to the Holy Roman Empire poliana Amari has witnessed the rise and fall of many civilizations the town is situated in Puglia a region full of vineyards and olive groves and celebrated for its fine wines and produce with a coastal strip overlooking the turquoise water of the Adriatic Sea fishing and tourism are the other mainstays of the local economy - inland Puglia is backed by the mirja hills an arid pleat of uplands free from lakes and rivers at least on the surface indeed to understand the area and its subterranean wonder world one must venture deep down to its geological foundations in fact it's limestone a porous and water-soluble rock that makes up the region over millions of years drop by drop water steadily moved through the underground strata eroding it the result is a karst landscape complete with caves sinkholes and some incredible stone sculptures indeed when explorers documented one honeycomb network of tunnels in 1938 they came upon such a weird and wonderful formations that they seemed to conjure imaginations of an almost mythical quality the she-wolf The Owl and the red corridor were just some of the names assigned to them in Puglia no Amadei the waves have carved out some 40 sea caves many of them accessible only by boat of these the large most spectacular is the Gras de polynésie not only is it considered a stunning natural wonder it contains a remarkable man-made structure - in fact since the Neolithic times humans have been using the corrado polynésie and it's adjoining caves moreover given the town's long history and geographic location it's likely they were used for defensive purposes such as hiding weapons goods or people however the modern-day inhabitants have found a far more uplifting purpose for the caves in fact visit the caves and warfare will probably be the furthest thing from your mind instead your experiences likely be so magical it may stay with you forever in fact the cave is today the site of a romantic open-air restaurant overlooking the 8 perched 74 feet above the waters it's been used as a dining venue since the 18th century today however the restaurant called the summer cave is part of a landmark luxury hotel naturally led by the aquamarine reflection from the waters States's website the summer cavern has been the scene of many romantic moments today anyone can dine at summer cave as long as they adhere to the dress code as its name suggests the restaurant is open during the summer months of May to October however it has just six tables and complete ocean views so a reservation is a must the menu itself changes but has previously included a set dinner for just over a hundred dollars according to travel website lugs adventure traveler it may be cheaper and better to eat at ala carte at lunchtime when the ocean isn't shrouded in darkness all of which begs the important question is the food any good sadly according to the website the food isn't up to par for the price the reviewer wrote you are clearly paying for the location and atmosphere what I suggest is taking in the atmosphere of the cave restaurant by sharing a bottle of wine from Puglia at their bar instead of dining at the restaurant the reviewer added and if you want that famous photo of the sparkling aqua Adriatic and the restaurant head to the bathroom there are just tiny little windows where you can stick your camera out and get the perfect shot just be sure not to drop your camera and you do decide to go there are a few more options for getting to the town of Pogue Leon o Ahmad a train is perhaps the most cost-effective and easiest method but other ways include flying into the nearby city of body or driving from Napoli the good news is that the area is home to a host of intriguing sightseeing options among the many historical and architectural gems nearby you'll find ancient castles and churches as well as Roman amphitheaters

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Published: Sat Aug 10 2019