Säbelzahnkatzen
In the organizer's words:
They were here!
The tooth that archaeologists discovered during excavations in Schöningen in 2012 was slightly curved, jagged and unusually large. The analyses revealed a sensation: the tooth is around 300,000 years old and comes from a European sabre-toothed cat! This proves that the paths of early humans and sabre-toothed cats crossed here in Lower Saxony.
The Ice Age hunter and her modern relatives
What did the European sabre-toothed cats look like, how did they live and how did they hunt? With reconstructed skeletons, lifelike models and casts of important palaeontological and archaeological finds, the exhibition provides fascinating insights into the abilities and habitat of the Ice Age predators.
The "Catwalk" presents the variety of cat species living today - from domestic cats and lynxes to tigers and lions. They illustrate the similarities and differences to their long-extinct relatives. At hands-on stations, young and old can test the biting power of sabre-toothed cats, listen to cat voices and find out how cats see the world.
The exhibition combines exciting science with interactive experiences and makes it clear that these impressive hunters have left their mark...
The traveling exhibition is shown in cooperation with the Schöningen Research Museum and the paläon - Förderverein Schöninger Speere e.V. For the Oldenburg location, the content of the exhibition was adapted and expanded in collaboration with students from the Carl von Ossietzky University.
Supported by the Regional Foundation of the LzO Oldenburg and the Cultural Foundation of the ÖVO.
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