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Earliest Evidence of Human Hunting Found
LiveScience ^
| May 13, 2013
| Tia Ghose
Posted on 05/14/2013 10:55:11 AM PDT by EveningStar
Archaeologists have unearthed what could be the earliest evidence of ancient human ancestors hunting and scavenging meat.
Animal bones and thousands of stone tools used by ancient hominins suggest that early human ancestors were butchering and scavenging animals at least 2 million years ago.
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TOPICS: History; Science
KEYWORDS: agriculture; animalhusbandry; archaeology; godsgravesglyphs; hunting
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To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
05/14/2013 10:55:39 AM PDT
by
EveningStar
("What color is the sky in your world?" -- Frasier Crane)
To: EveningStar
Carved stone empty beer cans?
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posted on
05/14/2013 10:57:43 AM PDT
by
muir_redwoods
(Don't fire until you see the blue of their helmets)
To: muir_redwoods
Ahhh! You stole my comment! :( I was going to say prehistoric beer cans...
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posted on
05/14/2013 11:01:31 AM PDT
by
Cowboy Bob
(Democrats: Robbing Peter to buy Paul's vote.)
To: EveningStar
The site also contained the cracked skulls of larger antelopes . . . "Scavengers like hyenas will consume all the rest of the carcass, but they'll leave the heads behind because they can't crack them open to extract the brains," Ferraro said. The team hypothesized that ancient human ancestors found the discarded heads in their landscape, and then cracked open the skulls to access the fatty, nutritious, energy-rich brains. Ancient zombie ancestors?
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05/14/2013 11:04:22 AM PDT
by
Pollster1
("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
To: EveningStar
I often feel I’m old enough to remember it first-hand.
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posted on
05/14/2013 11:11:54 AM PDT
by
Jack Hammer
(American)
To: Cowboy Bob
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posted on
05/14/2013 11:14:26 AM PDT
by
muir_redwoods
(Don't fire until you see the blue of their helmets)
To: EveningStar
That blows the old 200,000 years theory out of the water.
But wait....Perhaps there is millions in grant money to prove that these people are like soooo wrong??
To: muir_redwoods; Cowboy Bob
I had to quit hunting with my brother because he thought hunting and drinking went together like peas and carrots.
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posted on
05/14/2013 11:16:02 AM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: EveningStar
A spear with a 6x scope on it?
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05/14/2013 11:16:48 AM PDT
by
count-your-change
(you don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough)
To: Sacajaweau
The theory says there were human ancestors two million years ago. Nobody said they were anatomically modern humans.
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posted on
05/14/2013 11:20:04 AM PDT
by
allmendream
(Tea Party did not send GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism)
To: allmendream
Damn they found my ancestors Assault Rock!
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05/14/2013 11:36:57 AM PDT
by
Conserev1
("Still Clinging to my Bible and my Weapon")
To: muir_redwoods; Revolting cat!
They found a cave painting that resembles this:
To: Conserev1
butchering and scavenging animals at least 2 million years ago.
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My Gosh how terrible! No one wanted to be a plant eater!
Where was PETA????????????
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05/14/2013 11:39:50 AM PDT
by
Conserev1
("Still Clinging to my Bible and my Weapon")
To: windcliff; stylecouncilor
The old Y-5 pattern with requisite wear.
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posted on
05/14/2013 11:43:04 AM PDT
by
onedoug
To: Conserev1
"Am I over my limit for saber tooth tigers?" "What do you mean 'protected species'?"
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posted on
05/14/2013 11:57:48 AM PDT
by
allmendream
(Tea Party did not send GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism)
To: allmendream
I guess none were killed for hide that kept them warm, or the tools that can be made from bone!
I think it was called Survival!
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posted on
05/14/2013 12:19:20 PM PDT
by
Conserev1
("Still Clinging to my Bible and my Weapon")
To: allmendream
In before the young earther kooks.
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05/14/2013 12:22:17 PM PDT
by
ZX12R
(Never forget the heroes of Benghazi, who were abandoned to their deaths by Obama)
To: Conserev1
Well it was in Africa - so I don’t think keeping warm was much of an issue. And the site was littered with stone tools, and the bones were scraped with stone tools - so tools made from bone may well have been in use as well.
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posted on
05/14/2013 12:23:33 PM PDT
by
allmendream
(Tea Party did not send GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism)
To: allmendream
Well you might not like your can being roughed up sittin on a rock or even keeping an African bug off your butt!
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posted on
05/14/2013 12:27:55 PM PDT
by
Conserev1
("Still Clinging to my Bible and my Weapon")
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