Published: Sunday, November 29, 2009
‘Cavemen’ on display at zoo
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Associated Press
Two volunteers in a former monkey cage, dressed as cavemen, stare at visitors at the zoo in Warsaw, Poland, on Friday. The zoo has opened a week-long display where two volunteers, a man and a woman, spend time in the cage to remind visitors that humans are animals too.
WARSAW, Poland — Visitors to Warsaw’s zoo are being greeted by two “Homo sapiens” peering out from a cage — humans in animal skins trying to spark interest in man’s caveman ancestors.
Organizer Maria Mastalerz said the weeklong “performance” aims to attract interest in a play, “Caveman,” showing in the Polish capital. But she said it also carries a message that humans today are not all that different from their prehistoric ancestors.
Dressed in furs and animal skins, the young woman and man smoked a fish over a fire Friday, poking it with a stick, or stared from behind bars at startled zoo visitors.
The display runs through today.
Organizer Maria Mastalerz said the weeklong “performance” aims to attract interest in a play, “Caveman,” showing in the Polish capital. But she said it also carries a message that humans today are not all that different from their prehistoric ancestors.
Dressed in furs and animal skins, the young woman and man smoked a fish over a fire Friday, poking it with a stick, or stared from behind bars at startled zoo visitors.
The display runs through today.
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