Migaloo is an albino humpback whale, usually sighted along the Australian coast, and occasionally in New Zealand waters. Migaloo was named by the Hervey Bay local aboriginal collective, and it means “white fella”. While several Humpback Whales have been spotted with almost 90% white pigment coverage, Migaloo is the only documented albino.
Stone age toddlers may have attended a form of prehistoric nursery
where they were encouraged to develop their creative skills in cave art,
say archaeologists.
Research indicates young children expressed themselves in an ancient
form of finger-painting. And, just as in modern homes, their early
efforts were given pride of place on the living room wall.
A Cambridge University conference on the archaeology of childhood on
Friday reveals a tantalising glimpse into life for children in the
palaeolithic age, an estimated 13,000 years ago.
“Some of the children’s flutings are high up on walls and on the ceilings, so they must have been held up to make them or have been sitting on someone’s shoulders,”