niedziela, 3 grudnia 2017
Nazca spider (second part)
Today I will move to biology for second time, because I finally can write full description of a spider, that could have been drawn in Nazca. My post, which you can read here, partially did it, actually. This one will be about spider genus from the family of Salticidae (jumping spiders). It's name is maratus and was discovered in 1878. Arachnids from this genus are usually referred as peacock spiders due to males' colorful patterns on top(see picture). None of them is bigger than 1cm. Every representative male of the species has enlarged third pair of legs. He uses them to attract his potential partner during display, which lasts several minutes. All species except one are native to Australia. Most of them have eyes, though. Nazca people's awareness of those spiders would indicate their wide knowledge about biology. Picture below, showing man looking through something that appears to be glass, could eventually explain it. This stone comes from nowhere else than Peru.
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If what the man in the drawing is holding is a magnifying glass, should we assume that the natives of this region produced glass? Or could this tool be made of something else, e.g. a precious stone?
OdpowiedzUsuńHistory shows that assumptions are often wrong and not helpful. I think that producing glass was mastered few thousands years ago already. Both options are equally possible for me.
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