Another Roadside Attraction

Oh, we forgot to mention that across the street from the Zoo is a set of three caves that were once inhabited by cavemen, apparently. They have since been transformed into a instructive little jaunt through evolutionary time.

In the first grotte, there is a brief explanation as to why one might dig here.

The sign reads: "L'Archeologie, C'est Qoui?"

The second cave has a fine display explaining human evolution, complete with a skull of an australopithecine from Kenya.

The third cave contains a mock up of life for the average caveman.



There was a nice painted evolutionary timeline that had a surprising degree of, brace yourselves, accuracy.


The exposition finishes up by undermining all the pretty good information which had been disseminated in the previous exhibits. It has a few cavemen living alongside what we believed to be a brontosaurus, although its been a while since any of us were in the second grade so we could not be sure. This is obviously misleading for little kids who might be learning about dinosaurs (or cavemen, for that matter) but it provides a great opportunity for the toubabs to pose infront of a dinosaur and act terrified. The security guy must think this is some sort of european tradition, as we were followed by others doing the same. He probably sees a good bit of this:





FYI: Sam is the one who has not been pooped on by birds...