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6,000-year-old skeletons in French pit came from victims of violence
Science News ^
| December 10, 2015
| Bruce Bower
Posted on 12/12/2015 8:47:35 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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Circle Of Death -- A circular pit excavated in France (left) contains the remains of eight people probably killed in a violent attack around 6,000 years ago. Seven severed left arms lay at the bottom of the pit. A diagram of the pit discoveries denotes bones of each individual in different colors. [F. Chenal Et Al/Antiquity 2015, © Bertrand Perrin/Antea (Photo)]
![Circle Of Death -- A circular pit excavated in France (left) contains the remains of eight people probably killed in a violent attack around 6,000 years ago. Seven severed left arms lay at the bottom of the pit. A diagram of the pit discoveries denotes bones of each individual in different colors. [F. Chenal Et Al/Antiquity 2015, © Bertrand Perrin/Antea (Photo)]](https://www.sciencenews.org/sites/default/files/2015/12/main/articles/120915_bb_death-pit_free.jpg)
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12/12/2015 8:47:35 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
Disarmed Conflict -- Fractures and stone-tool incisions appear on left forearm bones from severed limbs found in a circular pit dating to 6,000 years ago. [F. Chenal Et Al/Antiquity 2015]
![Disarmed Conflict -- Fractures and stone-tool incisions appear on left forearm bones from severed limbs found in a circular pit dating to 6,000 years ago. [F. Chenal Et Al/Antiquity 2015]](https://www.sciencenews.org/sites/default/files/sn-2015/120915_bb_death-pit-inline_free.jpg)
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posted on
12/12/2015 8:49:09 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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12/12/2015 8:51:03 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
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12/12/2015 8:51:14 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
To: SunkenCiv
To: Larry Lucido
Today’s been an excellent day on FR for one liners. Well done.
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posted on
12/12/2015 9:00:39 PM PST
by
bramps
(It's the Islam, stupid!)
To: Larry Lucido
If you like your left arm, you can keep your left arm.
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posted on
12/12/2015 9:01:06 PM PST
by
kiryandil
("When Muslims in the White House are outlawed, only Barack Obama will be an outlaw")
To: kiryandil; SunkenCiv; bramps
“It’s a mere flesh wound.”
To: SunkenCiv
Those who say that life is good, often forget that it can be a nightmare for many.
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posted on
12/12/2015 9:15:55 PM PST
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353FMG
To: SunkenCiv
Those who say that life is good, often forget that it can be a nightmare for many.
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12/12/2015 9:17:21 PM PST
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353FMG
To: 353FMG
The winners of that fight are probably the ancestors of Planned Parenthood, or maybe Mohammed.
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12/12/2015 9:29:15 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
To: 353FMG
> Those who say that life is good, often forget that it can be a nightmare for many.
True, and perhaps worth repeating.
(Still most of us prefer it to unknown alternatives.)
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12/12/2015 9:34:48 PM PST
by
GJones2
(Hacked up Neolithics)
To: SunkenCiv
Human life in the distant past was quite strange and violent.
It's amazing that anyone is alive today.
I've always felt that the story of human origins is more bizarre than
scientists, historians, creationists, evolutionists and others imagine.
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12/12/2015 9:40:42 PM PST
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StormEye
To: SunkenCiv
The arms could have been taken as war trophies, the team speculates. The right to keep and bear arms goes back a long way.
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12/12/2015 9:45:10 PM PST
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seowulf
(Cogito cogito, ergo cogito sum. Cogito.---Ambrose Bierce)
To: seowulf
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12/12/2015 10:17:12 PM PST
by
sockmonkey
(Of course I didn't read the article. After all, this is Free Republic.)
To: seowulf
Concealed arms back in the day?
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posted on
12/12/2015 10:20:30 PM PST
by
urbanpovertylawcenter
(the law and poverty collide in an urban setting and sparks fly)
To: seowulf
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12/12/2015 10:24:55 PM PST
by
DRey
To: SunkenCiv
Their bodies were piled in a pit that already contained a collection of left arms hacked off by axes or other sharp implements.
Evidently they needed stronger axe-control laws.
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12/12/2015 10:30:37 PM PST
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Bratch
To: SunkenCiv
I swear to God, FReepers are some of the sickest, twisted freaks...but funny as hell.. Well done guys
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12/12/2015 10:45:07 PM PST
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Conservative4Ever
(ENOUGH!! Man the pitch forks and torches...let the revolution begin!!!)
To: Conservative4Ever
They're a funny group in here... all I had come up with was an Aeneid reference, and it would have been far too dry.
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12/12/2015 10:54:22 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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