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Cavemen Roasted Birds, Too [Homo heidelbergensis]
Discovery News ^ | Wednesday, November 25, 2009 | Jennifer Viegas

Posted on 11/27/2009 10:55:00 AM PST by SunkenCiv

Early modern humans and their predecessors in Europe were mostly big game hunters, but a pile of well-nibbled bird bones suggests that at least some prehistoric European cavemen enjoyed small prey too, according to a new study. The 202 bones, belonging to the Aythya genus of diving ducks, were found at Bolomor Cave near the town of Tavernes in Valencia, Spain. The ducks date to around 150,000 years ago, and were not eaten daintily. "The birds were de-fleshed using both stone tools and teeth," co-author Ruth Blasco told Discovery News, noting that some of the ducks may have even been consumed raw... Blasco, a researcher at the Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution in Tarragona, Spain, and colleague Josep Fernandez Peris analyzed the duck bones under high magnification. They determined three characteristics allow the bird remains to be considered duck dinner leftovers... Although both Neanderthal and modern human remains have been found at the Bolomor Cave complex, the geological level of the roasted duck finds suggests that Homo heidelbergensis is the human species that ate the duck meals.

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TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: cavemen; creation; evolution; godsgravesglyphs; homoheidelbergensis
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To: SunkenCiv

They determined three characteristics allow the bird remains to be considered duck dinner leftovers.

First, they found “cutmarks on bones of both the front and hind limb.”..Say, what? Ducks have two hind limbs, unless years ago they had four or one in front and one in back.


41 posted on 11/30/2009 4:00:55 PM PST by Safetgiver (I'd rather die under a free American sky than live under a Socialist regime.)
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To: colorado tanker

Tiny Og: “Krom bless us one and all!”


42 posted on 11/30/2009 6:56:30 PM PST by TigersEye (Sarah Palin 2010 - We Can't Afford To Wait)
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To: TigersEye
LOL!
43 posted on 12/01/2009 9:32:47 AM PST by colorado tanker (What's it all about, Barrrrry? Is it just for the power, you live?)
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To: Safetgiver

The front would be the wing.


44 posted on 12/01/2009 7:45:01 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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