#prehistoric

[arogantskai]

the aesthetic of functionality

Close-up of a dragonfly wing, not stained glass.

[cedarin]

Quick comic from my tf2 au :D

[thesilicontribesman]

Corrimony Bronze Age Chambered Cairn, The Highlands, Scotland

[twelvebooksstuff]

This is WONDERFUL!!!!!

[ID: Photos of a painted clay sculpture of a red deer inspired by the Palaeolithic cave paintings of Lascaux. It is in a leaping pose, balanced on it's belly. It has an ochre yellow body and a white stomach, with a black head, neck, antlers, and legs. Each photo shows a different angle. End ID.]

More deer practice.

[paleoforest]

oh i NEED to see more palaeo pizza tower. Absolutely incredible

My apologies that request lyin inbox since Jule 13th

[twelvebooksstuff]

Lovely!!!

A juvenile Homotherium latidens is on its first hunt. (With supervision of course)

[druid-for-hire]

[image id: a four-page comic. it is titled "immortality” after the poem by clare harner (more popularly known as “do not stand at my grave and weep”). the first page shows paleontologists digging up fossils at a dig. it reads, “do not stand at my grave and weep. i am not there. i do not sleep.” page two features several prehistoric creatures living in the wild. not featured but notable, each have modern descendants: horses, cetaceans, horsetail plants, and crocodilians. it reads, “i am a thousand winds that blow. i am the diamond glints on snow. i am the sunlight on ripened grain. i am the gentle autumn rain.” the third page shows archaeopteryx in the treetops and the skies, then a modern museum-goer reading the placard on a fossil display. it reads, “when you awaken in the morning’s hush, i am the swift uplifting rush, of quiet birds in circled flight. i am the soft stars that shine at night. do not stand at my grave and cry.” the fourth page shows a chicken in a field. it reads, “i am not there. i did not die” / end id]

a comic i made in about 15 hours for my school’s comic anthology. the theme was “evolution”

[scuddlez]

They turned him into a shaboingboing

Edit: I keep seeing this photo being reposted in places outside of Tumblr, and it surprises me every time.

[psalidodont]

misc prehistoric fishes i've been doodling between today and yesterday

[artifacts-and-arthropods]

2,300-Year-Old Plush Bird from the Altai Mountains of Siberia, c.400-300 BCE: this figure was crafted with a felt body and reindeer-fur stuffing, all of which remains intact

This plush bird was sealed within the frozen barrows of Pazyryk, Siberia, for more than two millennia, where a unique microclimate enabled it to be preserved. The permafrost ice lense formation that runs below the barrows provided an insulating layer, preventing the soil from heating during the summer and allowing it to quickly freeze during the winter; these conditions produced a separate microclimate within the stone walls of the barrows themselves, thereby aiding in the preservation of the artifacts inside.

This is just one of the many well-preserved artifacts that have been found at Pazyryk. These artifacts are attributed to the Scythian/Altaic cultures.

Currently housed at the Hermitage Museum.

[samkuchingdraws]

Pool Day

Cooling off for the summer~

Art Prints | RedBubble Shop

[thesilicontribesman]

Achnabreck Prehistoric Rock Art Panels, Argyll, Scotland

[kiabugboy]

Rows of Hyphantoceras drifting near the sunlit surface

[samarajethwa]

Inspired by that gorgeous Chauvet bear cave painting and also Djungelskog

[aberrantologist]

Shuvuuia, a dinosaur typically most active at night, is fooled into getting up early by a total solar eclipse.