There are those on opposite sides of the so called fence, that think science and religion can never be reconciled. They overlook one simple truth. Science is the search for an answer to ‘how?’ Religion is the search for an answer to ‘why?’
Fundamental questions lie at the heart of all study, investigation and consideration.
How did current day humans come to be? What evolutionary path did they stem from? Are we now at the very apex of existence?
Why are we here? What is our purpose? What does it take to become a better person?
Day 48 – We’re on the road again. Heading down to Burgos. Aiming to visit a museum and a cathedral. First though we need to stop off and visit another bit of quaint. Valdelateja, a Cotswold stone look-alike, with a hidden surprise.
But here is something more pretty . . . with a perfect running commentary for grandson Jason, from Mrs S
After a Carrefour shop we pitch up on Camping Municipal Fuentes Blancas, 4K east of Burgos. Looking forward to stripping off and diving into the pool pronto. It’s 37C; we’re melting; the pool doesn’t open for another four days. Regulations. This municipal site insists on lifeguards. None available just yet. Mr S volunteers. It worked once before. Not this time. We continue to melt.
Day 49 – Today is officially hot . . .
We sneak Scoot into an underground carpark for fear he’ll turn into a Dali melt-alike. Leave him to keep cool in a dark corner, while we go check out what’s cooking in the Cathedral of Saint Mary of Burgos, El Cid and his wife’s final resting place.
Remains of very early human-like creatures crop up in many parts of the world. One such find was discovered in the Atapuerca Mountains, not far from Burgos. Deep cuttings, part of a railway construction project, revealed a multitude of fossils, suggesting the area was occupied about 800,000 years ago by the first hominids in Europe. We go check out the Museum of Human Evolution, to see how much has changed since then.
Split over four floors with information in English, we spend three fascinating hours absorbed in all things discovered. From the very first basic flint tool to a complete 430,000 years old cranium.
The amount of study and time spent on hands and knees during the last one hundred years of excavations is mind blowing. Currently, 300 experts from 22 countries and 30 scientific disciplines work in dedicated teams to carefully gather and document.
From their finds they’ve been able to recreate a likely hominid progression. Starting with the first hunter-gatherers all the way through to Neanderthals and on to the latest find and relatively young Homo-Sappi-Impostoris . . .
You can view them all; just move through each one by using the arrow at the right . . .
