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Archaeological Adventure at iphes

START

WHAT IS IPHES?

SPECIALISTS

INSTRUCTIONS

WHAT IS IPHES?

The Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution (IPHES), is a research center that studies prehistoric and human origins. We cross different fields of science to apply them in human study and social evolution. Our goal is to promote the knowledge of ancestral human species and also of today’s human being.

WHAT IS IPHES

SPECIALISTS

INSTRUCTIONS

WHAT IS IPHES?

The Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution (IPHES), is a research center that studies prehistoric and human origins. We cross different fields of science to apply them in human study and social evolution. Our goal is to promote the knowledge of ancestral human species and also of today’s human being.

WHAT IS IPHES

SPECIALISTS

INSTRUCTIONS

SPECIALISTS

Dra. M. Gema Chacón

Dra. Marina Lozano

Anna Francès

Dra. Lucía López-Polín

Dra. Ethel Allué

Dr. Antonio Rodríguez

Núria Ibáñez

Dra. Isabel Expósito

WHAT IS IPHES

SPECIALISTS

INSTRUCTIONS

INSTRUCTIONS

Explore the IPHES Center and discover how archaeologists investigate the past, who were and how did our prehistoric ancestors live? In each room, you will find a specialist who will help you resolve your mystery. Instead, you will help him complete a special mission. You have 7 missions in total, find the solutions to complete the game. Click on objects and pass the mouse through the rooms to find all the information hidden! When you complete the game you will discover a letter, remember it! It will be the key to discovering the final mystery.

INSTRUCTIONS

WHAT IS IPHES

SPECIALISTS

INSTRUCTIONS

Explore the IPHES Center and discover how archaeologists investigate the past, who were and how did our prehistoric ancestors live? In each room, you will find a specialist who will help you resolve your mystery. Instead, you will help him complete a special mission. You have 7 missions in total, find the solutions to complete the game. Click on objects and pass the mouse through the rooms to find all the information hidden! When you complete the game you will discover a letter, remember it! It will be the key to discovering the final mystery.

INSTRUCTIONS

WHAT IS IPHES

SPECIALISTS

You have just discovered some archaeological remains in a prehistoric age.
Will you be able to unravel the mysteries behind your encounter? Enter the IPHES and ask our specialists for help!

RESTAURATION

PALEOANTHROPOLOGY

LITHICS

MICROSCOPY

ARCHAEOBOTANY

ZOOARCHAEOLOGY

COLLECTIONS

When completing each mission you will discover a letter, remember it! It will be the key to discovering the final mystery.

RESTAURATION

PALEOANTHROPOLOGY

LITHICS

MICROSCOPY

ARCHAEOBOTANY

ZOOARCHAEOLOGY

COLLECTIONS

When completing each mission you will discover a letter, remember it! It will be the key to discovering the final mystery.
  • 3
  • 3
  • oui

Complete the breakup, to rebuild your fossil.

Congratulations!

Remember: Write down the letters you find!

RESTAURATION

PALEOANTHROPOLOGY

LITHICS

MICROSCOPY

ARCHAEOBOTANY

ZOOARCHAEOLOGY

COLLECTIONS

The labels of our crneneos have fallen! Can you help Marina put them in? Connect each label with the correct scan!

Congratulations!

Homo sapiens

Homo erectus

Homo antecessor

Australopithecus afarensis

Homo habilis

Homo neanderthalensis

What species does the skull you have found belong to?

Look at the shape of the skull, the brow bone, the shape of the eyes and the nose, the measurement of the teeth, the shape of the jaw...
Australopithecus afarensis
Homo sapiens
  • 3
  • 3
  • oui
Homo neanderthalensis
Homo antecessor

Try again

¡Correct! It's the skull of a neanderthal.

  • 3
  • 3
  • oui
Illustration by Tom Björklund

RESTAURATION

PALEOANTHROPOLOGY

LITHICS

MICROSCOPY

ARCHAEOBOTANY

ZOOARCHAEOLOGY

COLLECTIONS

Mode 1 (Oldowan)

It consists of hitting a stone to extract a cutting flake, this process is called knapping
Appears in Africa about 2.6 million years ago
Associated to Homo habilis
Used by Homo antecessor in Atapuerca
It receives its name from the site of Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania.
Biface
It consists of cutting a block of rock on both sides symmetrically.

Mode 2 (Acheulean)

Appears in Africa about 1.7 million years ago
Associated to Homo ergaster/erectus
Pick
Cleaver
Standarized shapes with a long cutting edge
"Excalibur", Sima de los huesos (Atapuerca)
Made 900.000 years ago at Barranc de la Boella, Catalonia
Associated to Homo heidelbergensis and preneanderthals in Europe

Mode 3 (Mousterian)

Knapping system Levallois
Appears in Europe about 300,000 years ago
Associated with neanderthals
Controlled flake extraction, they tried to produce flakes with a specific shape.
Mousterian biface
Levallois Point
Named after the site Le Moustier (France)

Mode 4

Four different cultures
Aurignician
Appears in Europe about 38,000 years ago
Gravettian
It consists on extracting long thin blades with straight cutting edges, similar to a knife.
Associated with Homo sapiens
Magdalenian
Solutrean
Blade production technique

Place the stone tools in the right box.

Excellent!

Mode 2 (Acheulean)

Mode 1 (Olduwan)

Mode 3 (Mousterian)

Mode 4

RESTAURATION

PALEOANTHROPOLOGY

LITHICS

MICROSCOPY

ARCHAEOBOTANY

ZOOARCHAEOLOGY

COLLECTIONS

Explore with the microscope

Well done!

Leave the samples you find in the tray!

RESTAURATION

PALEOANTHROPOLOGY

LITHICS

MICROSCOPY

ARCHAEOBOTANY

ZOOARCHAEOLOGY

COLLECTIONS

Memory game

I am ready!

Place the mouse over the boxes to memorize where the seeds are.

Memory game

Where are the seeds of the lemon?

Memory game

memory game

Oh no! Try again...

ATTENTION! The seeds have mixed again

memory game

I am ready!

Place the mouse over the boxes to memorize where the seeds are.

Memory game

Where are the seeds of the rice?

memory game

memory game

memory game

Oh no! Try again...

ATTENTION! The seeds have mixed again

memory game

I am ready!

Place the mouse over the boxes to memorize where the seeds are.

memory game

Where are the seeds of the peach?

memory game

memory game

Oh no! Try again...

Congratulations!

RESTAURATION

PALEOANTHROPOLOGY

LITHICS

MICROSCOPY

ARCHAEOBOTANY

ZOOARCHAEOLOGY

COLLECTIONS

Well done!

Left leg
Ribs
Left arm
Skull
Pelvis
Spine
Right leg
Right arm
Ribs

We have analyzed the cut marks in the bones you have found. The marks tell us what animals were eaten by the Neanderthals.

RESTAURATION

PALEOANTHROPOLOGY

LITHICS

MICROSCOPY

ARCHAEOBOTANY

ZOOARCHAEOLOGY

COLLECTIONS

Look for the objects I need, ¡click on the object when you find it!

Ups... keep looking

Validate

Introduce the correct password

OPEN

ERROR

12345

OK

0375935

Pista

Congratulations, you have completed the game!

Homo sapiens
They lived from 260,000 years ago.
The origin of our species is in Africa. We arribed to Europe 40,000 years ago and to America 25,000 years ago.
Tall skull with a balloon shape. Small teeth and with a chin bone. Gracile body. Brain size of around 1350cc.
New tools made of stone, wood and bone that will allow us to survive the coldest periods.

Reconstruction of the face of a Homo sapiens man.

They develop a new artistic culture. With rock art (in caves) and portable art.
They appear in Africa about 1,8 milions of years ago, they became extincs 200,000 years ago.
Homo erectus
They lived in Africa, Asia and Europe. The african fossils are attributed to Homo ergaster.
Brain size between 850cc and 1000cc, bigger and taller skull than previous humans.
Large browbone, but body more similar to ours than to the chimpanzees.
They make complex stone tools.
They are hunter-gatherers. The hunt meat and compete with other predators such as lions.

Reconstruction of the face of a female Homo erectus

Associated with Homo ergaster/erectus we find the first evidences of the use of fire.
Lemon

Seeds

Lentils
Rice
Apple
Peach
They lived between 800,000 and 500,000 years ago.
Homo antecessor
Discovered in the mountain range of Atapuerca (Burgos).
Primitive shape of the teeth, flat face, similar to ours.
Size between 180 and 160cm. Strong, used to walking in irregular terrain.
Hunter-gatherers, diverse diet of meat and vegetables.
They used simple stone tools.

Reconstrucción de la cara de una niña Homo antecessor

Did you know the remains found in Atapuerca were cannibalized? Why do you think they did that?
Lemon

Seeds

Lentils
Rice
Apple
Peach

Llavors

Llimona
Arròs
Llenties
Poma
Préssec
Homo neanderthalensis
They lived between 300,000 and 30,000 years ago.
They adapted to different climate changes and expanded through Europe and Asia.
Elongated skull with a slanted forehead. Large eyes, nose and jaw, without a chin bone. Large brain between 1600 and 1500cc.
Height between 165 and 155cm, strong and robust body.
Complex technology that allowed them to hunt large animals such as mammoths.
They had their own culture. Created ornaments, music and art.

Reconstruction of the face of a Homo neanderthalensis man.

They had the hability to speak, but they did not speak english, how do you think their language sounded like?

They lived between 3.9 and 3 million years ago.

Australopithecus afarensis

They lived in the current area of Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania (Africa).

They walked on two legs, but they could still climb trees.
They lived in open spaces, such as savannas or meadows.
Body and brain of the size of a chimpanzee. Brain capacity of about 450cc.

Reconstruction of a woman's face; Australopithecus afarensis. (Based on the skull of "Lucy")

Diet of hard and resistant vegetables.
Lemon

Seeds

Lentils
Rice
Apple
Peach
Lemon

Seeds

Lentils
Rice
Apple
Peach
They lived between 2,4 and 1,4 milions of years ago.
Homo habilis
They lived in the South and East of Africa.
They were fully bipedal.
Brain size around 700cc.
Associated to the creation and use of simple stone tools.
More gracile jaws, and smaller teeth than previous hominins.

Reconstruction of the face of a Homo habilis man.

Mainly vegetarian diet, but complemented with occasional meat.
They lived between 2,4 and 1,4 milions of years ago.
Homo habilis
They lived in the South and East of Africa.
They were fully bipedal.
Brain size around 700cc.
Associated to the creation and use of simple stone tools.
More gracile jaws, and smaller teeth than previous hominins.

Reconstruction of the face of a Homo habilis man.

Mainly vegetarian diet, but complemented with occasional meat.
They lived between 2,4 and 1,4 milions of years ago.
Homo habilis
They lived in the South and East of Africa.
They were fully bipedal.
Brain size around 700cc.
Associated to the creation and use of simple stone tools.
More gracile jaws, and smaller teeth than previous hominins.

Reconstruction of the face of a Homo habilis man.

Mainly vegetarian diet, but complemented with occasional meat.
Homo sapiens
They lived from 260,000 years ago.
The origin of our species is in Africa. We arribed to Europe 40,000 years ago and to America 25,000 years ago.
Tall skull with a balloon shape. Small teeth and with a chin bone. Gracile body. Brain size of around 1350cc.
New tools made of stone, wood and bone that will allow us to survive the coldest periods.

Reconstruction of the face of a Homo sapiens man.

They develop a new artistic culture. With rock art (in caves) and portable art.
They appear in Africa about 1,8 milions of years ago, they became extincs 200,000 years ago.
Homo erectus
They lived in Africa, Asia and Europe. The african fossils are attributed to Homo ergaster.
Brain size between 850cc and 1000cc, bigger and taller skull than previous humans.
Large browbone, but body more similar to ours than to the chimpanzees.
They make complex stone tools.
They are hunter-gatherers. The hunt meat and compete with other predators such as lions.

Reconstruction of the face of a female Homo erectus

Associated with Homo ergaster/erectus we find the first evidences of the use of fire.
Homo neanderthalensis
They lived between 300,000 and 30,000 years ago.
They adapted to different climate changes and expanded through Europe and Asia.
Elongated skull with a slanted forehead. Large eyes, nose and jaw, without a chin bone. Large brain between 1600 and 1500cc.
Height between 165 and 155cm, strong and robust body.
Complex technology that allowed them to hunt large animals such as mammoths.
They had their own culture. Created ornaments, music and art.

Reconstruction of the face of a Homo neanderthalensis man.

They had the hability to speak, but they did not speak english, how do you think their language sounded like?
They appear in Africa about 1,8 milions of years ago, they became extincs 200,000 years ago.
Homo erectus
They lived in Africa, Asia and Europe. The african fossils are attributed to Homo ergaster.
Brain size between 850cc and 1000cc, bigger and taller skull than previous humans.
Large browbone, but body more similar to ours than to the chimpanzees.
They make complex stone tools.
They are hunter-gatherers. The hunt meat and compete with other predators such as lions.

Reconstruction of the face of a female Homo erectus

Associated with Homo ergaster/erectus we find the first evidences of the use of fire.
Lemon

Seeds

Lentils
Rice
Apple
Peach
Homo neanderthalensis
They lived between 300,000 and 30,000 years ago.
They adapted to different climate changes and expanded through Europe and Asia.
Elongated skull with a slanted forehead. Large eyes, nose and jaw, without a chin bone. Large brain between 1600 and 1500cc.
Height between 165 and 155cm, strong and robust body.
Complex technology that allowed them to hunt large animals such as mammoths.
They had their own culture. Created ornaments, music and art.

Reconstruction of the face of a Homo neanderthalensis man.

They had the hability to speak, but they did not speak english, how do you think their language sounded like?
Lemon

Seeds

Lentils
Rice
Apple
Peach

They lived between 3.9 and 3 million years ago.

Australopithecus afarensis

They lived in the current area of Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania (Africa).

They walked on two legs, but they could still climb trees.
They lived in open spaces, such as savannas or meadows.
Body and brain of the size of a chimpanzee. Brain capacity of about 450cc.

Reconstruction of a woman's face; Australopithecus afarensis. (Based on the skull of "Lucy")

Diet of hard and resistant vegetables.
Lemon

Seeds

Lentils
Rice
Apple
Peach
They lived between 800,000 and 500,000 years ago.
Homo antecessor
Discovered in the mountain range of Atapuerca (Burgos).
Primitive shape of the teeth, flat face, similar to ours.
Size between 180 and 160cm. Strong, used to walking in irregular terrain.
Hunter-gatherers, diverse diet of meat and vegetables.
They used simple stone tools.

Reconstrucción de la cara de una niña Homo antecessor

Did you know the remains found in Atapuerca were cannibalized? Why do you think they did that?

They lived between 3.9 and 3 million years ago.

Australopithecus afarensis

They lived in the current area of Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania (Africa).

They walked on two legs, but they could still climb trees.
They lived in open spaces, such as savannas or meadows.
Body and brain of the size of a chimpanzee. Brain capacity of about 450cc.

Reconstruction of a woman's face; Australopithecus afarensis. (Based on the skull of "Lucy")

Diet of hard and resistant vegetables.
They lived between 800,000 and 500,000 years ago.
Homo antecessor
Discovered in the mountain range of Atapuerca (Burgos).
Primitive shape of the teeth, flat face, similar to ours.
Size between 180 and 160cm. Strong, used to walking in irregular terrain.
Hunter-gatherers, diverse diet of meat and vegetables.
They used simple stone tools.

Reconstrucción de la cara de una niña Homo antecessor

Did you know the remains found in Atapuerca were cannibalized? Why do you think they did that?
Homo sapiens
They lived from 260,000 years ago.
The origin of our species is in Africa. We arribed to Europe 40,000 years ago and to America 25,000 years ago.
Tall skull with a balloon shape. Small teeth and with a chin bone. Gracile body. Brain size of around 1350cc.
New tools made of stone, wood and bone that will allow us to survive the coldest periods.

Reconstruction of the face of a Homo sapiens man.

They develop a new artistic culture. With rock art (in caves) and portable art.