Acapitation, b-capitation, and c-capitation didn't do the job. Thanks BenLurkin.
Posted on 09/23/2015 3:18:43 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Domingo C. Salazar-García, an investigator from Max Planck who did the isotopic analysis on the bones, said the evidence points to a more complex explanation than the result of war or a crime.
The final removal of the head, he said, was not the result of cutting but instead of pulling and rotating until detachment was achieved. And there is no evidence that Burial 26, as the remains have been named, was killed.
"The chemical analysis of strontium isotopes done in this study indicates that the decapitated individual was not an outsider to the group," Salazar-García said. "Therefore, it was probably not a defeated enemy but instead a member of the community."
The researchers propose that the decapitation in Lapa do Santo was part of a broader set of mortuary rituals involving the manipulation of the body. The careful arrangement of the hands over the face is compatible with an important public display in the ritual that could have worked to enhance cooperation within a community.
(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...
“Evidence of New World’s oldest decapitation found”
WTF do they teach in journalist school these days?
How about “New Word’s oldest evidence of decapitation found”?
SINCE WE DO NOT KNOW WHEN THE FIRST FRIGGING DECAPITATION OCCURED!!!!!!!!
Beam me up, Scotty. There is no intelligent life here.
And yes I spelled “World” wrong in my haste. :-)
Oh, I just noticed it was CBS. Never Mind, lol.
Acapitation, b-capitation, and c-capitation didn't do the job. Thanks BenLurkin.
The actual research article says right in the abstract that the decapitation occurred as part of "mortuary rituals". He was dead already when they took his head off. link
Looks like the loser in some forgotten inter-tribal battle.
The Libs forgot that the Caribs attacked the Tainos and the Arawaks and had them for dinner.
“And I must say it would “enhance cooperation within a community” as the article proposes. “
It probably took a few members of the community to get it done.
Mans favorite sport has been threw out history killing his fellow man.
Hey — that struggle has always been the have-nots rising up against the haves. /s
What was even more unfair was the heathen Celts in Wales didn't know the Correct Date of Easter so unfair, so we occupied the Vail Of Glamorgan, so they had not an incorrect date to Celebrate the Resurrection.
;’) The British parts of my ancestry appear to be deep Anglo-Saxon (literally, near the Mercia-Wessex interface), and I suspect Celtic, with possible leavening from the wild assortment brought in during Roman times; the Welsh (not sure which kingdom, and for that matter, not sure that’s even true, but then, who would lie about it? That branch vanishes into undocumented a mere four gens back, but I haven’t tried that hard); the Scots (plus I suspect their Pict predecessors, plus another little taste of Roman variety); the Irish; beyond that, could be more.
The only reason I got interested was I wanted to be a part of the oppressed masses slaving away as a serf for an evil frog overlord. I had low self esteem at the time.
After doing some research I found we were the were the evil Frogs and spent our time in England as land owners, merchants, and tradesmen, what a let down.
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