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Stone Age Elephant Found at Ancient U.K. Hunt Site
National Geographic ^ | July 7, 2006 | James Owen

Posted on 07/10/2006 2:01:44 PM PDT by ZULU

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Burp!!!!!
1 posted on 07/10/2006 2:01:47 PM PDT by ZULU
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To: ZULU

Obviously a victim of Dubya's war on the environment.


2 posted on 07/10/2006 2:03:59 PM PDT by lormand (Republicans make better lovers because they don't pull out until finished.)
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Evidence of Global Warming before there was 'global consciousness'?

There must have been a pre-historic Algore.

3 posted on 07/10/2006 2:04:27 PM PDT by keithtoo (The GOP is fortunate that the Dim's are even more spineless and disorganized.)
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Silly scientists. Don't they know nothing existed before 6K years ago. Sheeezzzzzz


4 posted on 07/10/2006 2:07:31 PM PDT by SengirV
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To: ZULU

Interesting. I wonder how they looked compared to the mammoths.


5 posted on 07/10/2006 2:07:34 PM PDT by Mazda3Fan
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To: SengirV

LOL!


6 posted on 07/10/2006 2:08:37 PM PDT by Mazda3Fan
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To: ZULU

7 posted on 07/10/2006 2:08:39 PM PDT by orionblamblam (I'm interested in science and preventing its corruption, so here I am.)
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To: ZULU

Ooh, let's clone it.


8 posted on 07/10/2006 2:08:44 PM PDT by txhurl
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To: keithtoo

Good observation: Why was London warmer then?


These guys didn't even have fire.


9 posted on 07/10/2006 2:12:24 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but Hillary's ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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evidence that Stone Age humans in Britain hunted and ate the ancient animals, scientists say.

Ya don't say.

10 posted on 07/10/2006 2:13:43 PM PDT by mtbopfuyn (I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
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"Stone Age humans in Britain hunted and ate the ancient animals, scientists say.
The male straight-tusked elephant—a member of the extinct species Palaeoloxodon antiquus—weighed about 9 tons (9.1 metric tons), twice as large as elephants living today."



With the size of the cajones these guys had, we now know why the wheel barrow had to be invented.


11 posted on 07/10/2006 2:14:51 PM PDT by ansel12
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"We don't think [H. heidelbergensis] had clothing, and they didn't use fire, so they would have eaten the elephant raw," Wenban-Smith said.

The site also yielded teeth from mice and pollen traces from tree species that are still present in Britain, suggesting that the climate back then was similar to today's.

Where do these guys come to their conclusions? No clothes in Britain's current climate is not conducive to survival.

12 posted on 07/10/2006 2:15:11 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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Why was London warmer then?

Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble riding around in their SUVs.

13 posted on 07/10/2006 2:23:58 PM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (Former SAC Trained Killer)
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To: SunkenCiv

Thwup! Unnnnnngh! Message for you sire...


14 posted on 07/10/2006 2:24:14 PM PDT by raygun
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Interesting!! Homo erectus used fire some 700,000 years ago. besides cooking, they hardened the tips of their wooden spears. Homo heidelbergensis didn't use fire yet they were remarkable hunters. With the good climatic conditions 400,000 years back, why didn't HE push HH to the side based on superior technology and likely more intelligence. HE certainly "conquered" the world except Europe.
15 posted on 07/10/2006 2:27:14 PM PDT by JimSEA (America cannot have an exit strategy from the world.)
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To: The Sons of Liberty; cogitator

Hot feet back in prehistoric London allowed elephants to live north of the Engish channel, eh?


16 posted on 07/10/2006 2:30:40 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but Hillary's ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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The team also discovered a big pile of flints about 65 feet (20 meters) from the animal, on the shore of the ancient lake, which may represent a more permanent tool-making site.

Homo Depot

17 posted on 07/10/2006 2:35:06 PM PDT by Mannaggia l'America
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Where do these guys come to their conclusions? No clothes in Britain's current climate is not conducive to survival.

That's why Homo heidlebergensis died out, at least one of the reasons, or evolved into neanderthals. If I understand the terms heidlebergensis and sapien correctly.

From article:The team says the humans who ate the elephant belonged to Homo heidelbergensis. The ancient humans had brains about three-quarters the size of our own and walked fully upright. H. heidelbergensis is thought to have been the ancestor of the Neandertals, which became extinct about 30,000 years ago, after modern humans colonized Europe.

18 posted on 07/10/2006 2:54:11 PM PDT by Deadshot Drifter (Lib Wackos have the Center for Science in the Public Interest. CRIDers have the Discovery Institute)
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[Why was London warmer then?]

[[Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble riding around in their SUVs.]]



Mr. Slate's gravel company ruined the environment by strip mining and pumping pollution into the air and water. It goes without saying that they were big Republican donors.
19 posted on 07/10/2006 4:52:24 PM PDT by spinestein (Follow "The Bronze Rule")
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"Other animals found nearby included two extinct species of vole—a small rodent resembling a mouse—that were used to date the site. "


*****what to say....:)) lololol....


20 posted on 07/11/2006 1:01:22 AM PDT by tgambill (I would like to comment.....)
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