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Jakov Radovcic distinguished Croatian paleonthologist and an expert in the Neanderthal culture
By Nenad N. Bach and Darko Žubrinić | Published  06/19/2018 | Science , People , Education | Unrated
A discoverer of the stunning Neanderthal jewelry


Jakov Radovčić, Croatian paleonthologist and explorer of the Neanderthal culture.
Source of the photo Novi list.






Krapina Neanderthals site at the Hušnjakovo locality is the first paleontological natural monument in Croatia and is one of the most significant paleoanthropological localities worldwide. Its exceptional abundance of findings and a discovery of the largest habitat of Neanderthal prehistoric people, and the work of geologist and palaeontologist Dragutin Gorjanović Kramberger, make it an unparalleled source of contemporary scientific information even today. The State Institute for Protection of Natural Rarities declared "€œthe semi-cave Hušnjakovo near Krapina and the surroundings of the cave" a protected natural rarity in 1948.

In 1969, the Museum of Evolution was founded in the former Kneipp Sanitarium building in Krapina. The permanent exhibition was conceptualised by the late Mirko Malez, member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts. In the 1960s, he also began detailed stratigraphic analysis of the site and the designation of cultural and faunal remains in Krapina. During that period the trails were marked, fences and benches were put in place, and for the first time reconstructions of Neanderthals and animals were exhibited to public.

The first reconstructions, created by the late sculptor Stanko Tucaković according to instructions of M. Malez, can still be seen at the site. Engineer Ana Toepfer designed the so-called "Neanderthal park"€, and she is also responsible for the revitalisation of the Hušnjakovo locality.

The Museum of Evolution was opened to public in September 1971. Its holdings contained geological, paleontological and archaeological collections, while the concept of the permanent exhibition focused on rocks and minerals of Croatian Zagorje, the evolution of life on Earth and the evolution of man with special emphasis on the Krapina Neanderthals. The site was presented with the help of casts of Neanderthals' bones, a collection faunistic fossils, stone tools and documents about the discovery.

At the time of founding, the Museum of Evolution was part of the Forest Improvement Fund of the municipality of Krapina, and in 1971 it was transferred to the Zagreb Forestry Estate. In 1977 the organisation "Krapina Early Man's Site"€ was founded, and was made part of the Centre for Culture, Arts and Information in Krapina in 1988.

Only in 1993 did the Museum become property of the Republic of Croatia. The construction of the new Krapina Neanderthal Museum lasted 11 years, and the Museum opened its doors to the public on February 27, 2010.

Source www.mkn.mhz.hr/en/about-museum/museum-history/







Exhibition

NEANDERTHALS represent a magical and mystical idea of the prehistoric people of Europe. They are one of the many secrets of the beginning of our species. Who were those people who lived between 30,000 and almost 300,000 years ago? How did 19th century science discover and interpret the finds and what do we know now, at the beginning of the third millennium, about these Stone Age people who used to hunt for rhinoceros in this area 125,000 years ago? Where does the Neanderthal belong on the Tree of Life? If you want to find out the answers to these questions, visit the new KRAPINA NEANDERTHAL MUSEUM, in Krapina, in Croatia!

Source www.mkn.mhz.hr/en/about-museum/exhibition







Contact

Museums of Hrvatsko zagorje
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KRAPINA NEANDERTHAL MUSEUM


Šetalište Vilibalda Sluge bb
49 000 Krapina

Phone: +385 49 371 491
Fax: +385 49 374 968

Email: mkn@mhz.hr

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