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Neanderthals 'used violence'
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| Monday, 22 April, 2002, 23:04 GMT 00:04 UK
| Helen Briggs
Posted on 04/22/2002 11:13:21 PM PDT by Gladwin
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posted on
04/22/2002 11:13:21 PM PDT
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Gladwin
To: *crevo_list
bump
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posted on
04/22/2002 11:13:53 PM PDT
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Gladwin
To: crevo_list
It isn't showing up with the asterisk, so I will bump it again.
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posted on
04/22/2002 11:15:08 PM PDT
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Gladwin
To: Gladwin
oop, oop, oop, oop, oop, a monkey mugging
To: Gladwin
"
The early hunter-gatherers got into fights and used weapons,[ **Fill in the blank** ]
according to the results of a study of a skeleton uncovered in French caves."
A.Then surrendered.
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posted on
04/22/2002 11:19:57 PM PDT
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VaBthang4
To: VaBthang4
Isn't there an Onion headlines from the past that lists famous wars, then underneath the headline it says "French Surrender!"
The Great War Starts
French Surrender
Germany Attacks Poland, WWII!!
French Surrender
Israel Invades Sinai!
French Surrender
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posted on
04/22/2002 11:23:56 PM PDT
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Gladwin
To: Gladwin
So it wasn't really like this?
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posted on
04/22/2002 11:41:45 PM PDT
by
arielb
To: Gladwin
Violent Neanderthals! Never! What next, carnivourous sharks?
To: KingKangaroo
With laser beams on their heads!
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posted on
04/23/2002 1:03:55 AM PDT
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Gladwin
To: Gladwin
Is this really a shock? A lot of mammalian, and just about every primate species, modern humans incldued, is prone to sporadic to endemic violence. Was there any evidence that Neanderthals were any different in this respect?
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posted on
04/23/2002 10:05:25 AM PDT
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delphine
To: Gladwin
Neanderthals were cavemen of peace.
To: delphine
It's a shock to the crystal-gripping New-Agey Earth-Mother types, who are just convinced that back then everyone lived in peace under a lovely mystical agrarian matriarchy, where everyone was attuned to Gaia, and there was no war or hate or sexism or racism or pollution or whatever. That is, until evil white men with their sexually violent technologically sado-masochistic patriarchal values went and f***ed it all up.
You probably think I'm exaggerating, don't you? ;)
To: Gladwin
Could have been an industrial accident:
One Injured in Flint Tool Factory Accident
Family threatens lawsuit
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posted on
04/23/2002 10:21:41 AM PDT
by
Junior
To: general_re
There's never a blunt instrument around when you need one.
"I'll take Sibelius in the Conservatory with the Contra Bassoon."
To: general_re
It's a shock to the crystal-gripping New-Agey Earth-Mother types, who are just convinced that back then everyone lived in peace... You probably think I'm exaggerating, don't you? ;)
Unfortunately, no, I think that's a perfect description of the mindset of the mystically-oriented left. Selective perception is a bugger.
I also find it interesting that their prescription to return to a (fictional) idealized, anarchic past, marked by small groups and descision by consensus is to implement a vast, all-powerful, autocratic state. Seems a bit of a contradiction to me.
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04/23/2002 11:22:41 AM PDT
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delphine
To: delphine
Ah, didn't you know? It takes a great big centralized state to return us to that Rousseauian ideal of drinking from the brook and sleeping under a tree. After that giant state takes everything you have, you'll be reduced to a neolithic state right quick :^)
To: Gladwin
Neanderthals had speech, but only talked about each others amorous pursuits. They also caught game animals by physically wrestling them down, which was how this specimen got his head cracked. Neanderthal could outwrestle any but the largest game animals, even the aurochs.
To: RightWhale
Amateur or professional wrestling?
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04/23/2002 1:02:55 PM PDT
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Gladwin
To: delphine
I also find it interesting that their prescription to return to a (fictional) idealized, anarchic past, marked by small groups and descision by consensus is to implement a vast, all-powerful, autocratic state. Personally, I love the "Druids" and other assorted heathen who practice a made-up and sanitized versions of their "religions". You wouldn't see very many modern people attend druidic ceremonies if the priest was going to choose one of the congregation of a human sacrifice. And how many tree-huggers who love the American Indians and their "nature religions" even want to think about how these savages ensured that the sun would return in the winter?
To: Doctor Stochastic
Have you ever played one? They're a lot of fun.
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