Warm weather pushed Neanderthals into cannibalism

Cosmos Magazine ^ | March 29, 2019 | Dyani Lewis

[Equine1952]

Ben. He’s whose for dinner!

[SunkenCiv]

I wholeheartedly agree.

[SunkenCiv]

Wait, what's Vault-Co?

The idea of cannibalism having been rare has always suggested that it may have been outsiders or rather other human types (including moderns, who are known to have practiced cannibalism for a long, long time -- that's probably the main reason for the prohibition of eating pork, imho). Some of the early hominids developed a practice of finding a nice small nook or cranny to sleep in, and collected rocks to pile up in the entrance so they could get some sleep without being konked and eaten, or eaten by other predators.

[SunkenCiv]

Dead wrong.

[zerosix]

Yeah, I was just thinking what with moving into warmer weather and outdoor BarBQs heating up, entire families might disappear, especially at block parties or progressive dinners!

Wonderful way to rid your life of repulsive progressive family members - serve them at family dinners !

[dp0622]

WOW COULD IT BE ANY MORE OBVIOUS?!?!?!?

The desperation reeks!!!! :)

[Equine1952]

How so?

[Equine1952]

I didn’t really say what I meant very clearly. People eating other people is very old. My point was it didn’t die out. It continues to this day. It may be morbid, but is in no way ended. Sorry I was ambiguous.

[spirited irish]

Doubtless they sacrificed humans to the blood-thirsty serpentine gods and goddesses of the great mystery religion-—Sustainability, Warming, Cooling, Change.

[zeestephen]

Maybe they should have started fishing/netting/spearing in the pristine waters of the Rhone River?

Plus, warmer weather means more edible plants, fruits, berries, nuts.

Anyway, unless they had extreme drought, too, it’s pretty hard to starve to death in a river valley in warm temperatures.

[Celtic Conservative]

Two cannibals are sitting down to dinner and tonight are eating a clown. One turns to the other and asks “ does this taste funny to you?”

CC

[jughandle]

Lies. How in the world could the climate have changed in a time when there were few humans and no modern conveniences, since that’s what we’re told causes the climate to change..

[Long Jon No Silver]

[taterjay]

Cold climate caused modern day humans to cannibalize each other when that plane crashed in the Andes Mountains.

[Nifster]

Not sure I buy the climate change argument. This just doesn’t make any sense.

[Former Proud Canadian]

I have a solution. Move up north, your dinner will walk out of the bush and right into your gun site. No need to eat your neighbors or family.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrMWyrdl24o&t=6s

[Larry Lucido]

"Funny how? Like a clown?"

[teeman8r]

Could be... or the Neanderthal dined on unicorn until there were no more.

[Celtic Conservative]

LOL!

Cc

[metmom]

I’m sure.

Since these so-called archeologists know the motivation of WHY long dead people did things, they should be able to tell us this, too.