June
25
/ 2019
In the ancient past, relationships between humans and animals were stricter than today and included the sphere of the imaginary and the sacred. Investigations on how the ancients approached different species can allow us to throw light on some beliefs and some concealed aspects of daily life not revealed in the ‘official’ history. Beyond the purely scientific interest, aimed at verifying the possibility of using historical sources to acquire information on the biogeography of certain species, the results of this kind of investigation permit us to confirm with more and more evidence how, over time, humans change their attitude towards nature in general and animals in particular. The Thesis of the Flamingo Here I present the thesis of an investigation
