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Remains of earliest known massacre victims uncovered in Kenya
Fox News ^ | January 21, 2016 | Fox News

Posted on 01/21/2016 2:13:42 AM PST by WhiskeyX

Scientists say they have uncovered the remains of the earliest known massacre victims, dating from approximately 10,000 years ago.

Archaeologists believe the victims were members of an extended family group of hunter-gatherers who were slaughtered by a rival group.

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TOPICS: History; Science
KEYWORDS: agriculture; animalhusbandry; archaeology; dietandcuisine; godsgravesglyphs; helixmakemineadouble; huntergatherers; kenya; war
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1 posted on 01/21/2016 2:13:42 AM PST by WhiskeyX
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To: SunkenCiv
No gods, no glyphs, but quite a grave.

Kenyans (okay, some Kenyans) have not changed much from 10,000 years ago to today's White House occupant.


2 posted on 01/21/2016 2:50:32 AM PST by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: WhiskeyX
"The find offers compelling evidence in the scientific debate about whether human aggression was passed on to us from our primate ancestors or emerged after the development of agriculture and settled, hierarchical human societies."

There's a debate about this? Seriously?

3 posted on 01/21/2016 3:00:38 AM PST by Flag_This (You can't spell "treason" without the "O".)
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To: WhiskeyX

It’s Africa. Whether over there or here at home. No Neanderthal genes.


4 posted on 01/21/2016 3:37:48 AM PST by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: WhiskeyX
"...family group of hunter-gatherers who were slaughtered by a rival group."

More than likely by a group of cave-dwelling European neo-colonialists looking to exploit them for their resources....

5 posted on 01/21/2016 3:38:04 AM PST by Psalm 73 ("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
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To: Flag_This
There's a debate about this? Seriously?

Really, that's just nuts.

6 posted on 01/21/2016 3:49:54 AM PST by Tax-chick (Alive, awake, alert, enthusiastic, and mildly hostile toward the universe.)
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To: Pollster1; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; ...
Thanks Pollster1.

7 posted on 01/21/2016 4:07:23 AM PST by 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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To: Pollster1

Ban guns to ensure it never happens again.


8 posted on 01/21/2016 4:45:57 AM PST by StAntKnee (Add your own danged sarc tag)
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To: WhiskeyX

Black lives matter.


9 posted on 01/21/2016 4:52:14 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: WhiskeyX

Prophetic?


10 posted on 01/21/2016 5:06:20 AM PST by Thorliveshere
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To: StAntKnee

Meanwhile, the members of the extended family group of Germans are inviting three million members of a rival group onto their land. I wonder what archaeologists 10,000 years from now will say when they explore the ruins of what used to be Germany.


11 posted on 01/21/2016 5:12:03 AM PST by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: WhiskeyX
Humans are humans and behave accordingly. Mass slaughter has been found on every continent except maybe Australia.

That idea that conflicts were the result of agricultural hierarchical societies is the old Marxist paradigm raising it's ugly head. Marxists believe primitive man lived in harmony with nature despite the voluminous evidence that they didn't.

12 posted on 01/21/2016 5:39:50 AM PST by Varda
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To: WhiskeyX; All

(so this is the roots of the Obama clan, eh?)


13 posted on 01/21/2016 6:12:54 AM PST by Colofornian
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To: Vaquero

You made the epic comment:

NO NEANDERTHAL GENES.


14 posted on 01/21/2016 6:15:03 AM PST by T-Bone Texan (The economic collapse is imminent. Buy staple food and OTC meds now, before prices skyrocket.)
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To: Varda; Flag_This

You have to remember that the neo-Marxist progressives are interspersed with Rousseauians, in that they believe that mankind is naturally good and that it is society that has corrupted it.

This “noble savage” theory has been disproven time and time again, but the social “scientists” keep returning to it like dogs return to vomit.


15 posted on 01/21/2016 6:21:27 AM PST by angryoldfatman
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To: WhiskeyX

obligatory:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbYtASAakAI


16 posted on 01/21/2016 6:23:17 AM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("Don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative." -Obama, 09-24-11)
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To: WhiskeyX

That can’t be! These were peaceful 3rd world victims, no doubt of an early imperialist raid by the evil white man. Probably Vikings.


17 posted on 01/21/2016 6:33:10 AM PST by chesley (Obama -- Muslim or dhimmi? And does it matter?)
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To: Flag_This
“Seriously”?

Yeah. There's also a heated debate if primitive tribes ( or even civilized ones like the Aztecs) really engaged in cannibalism, or if it was just propaganda by the Europeans to justify their imperialism.

18 posted on 01/21/2016 6:35:58 AM PST by chesley (Obama -- Muslim or dhimmi? And does it matter?)
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To: angryoldfatman

Well these particular social scientists don’t buy into it. The reporter included the idea in the story. I wonder how many social scientists still believe in it.


19 posted on 01/21/2016 7:06:16 AM PST by Varda
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To: WhiskeyX

Nothing has changed for man since.


20 posted on 01/21/2016 12:57:42 PM PST by minnesota_bound
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