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European Ice Age Hunters Ate Wolf Meat, Say Scientists
Science in Poland ^ | May 21, 2020 | Szymon Zdzieblowski

Posted on 05/31/2020 7:57:03 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

"Some marks were left by Palaeolithic hunters when removing skins, but there are also those that can be associated only with dividing the carcass into smaller portions."

He added: "Bones of herbivores usually dominate within human settlements from this period, because they were probably more eagerly consumed.

"But it seems understandable that in the case of hunting a wolf, discarding meat was a considerable loss, especially during periods of lower availability of food. Therefore, it seems that all parts of the predators' body were used."

In Pavlov, in addition to the remains of small and medium-sized predatory animals, researchers also found bones and teeth of the largest predators of the Pleistocene mammoth steppe: the cave lion and cave and brown bears

Wojtal said: "Although the remains of lions and bears are not very numerous, they also bear traces confirming that the hunters of that time used the carcasses of killed carnivores. As in the case of wolves, wolverines and foxes, the traces of cuts on the bones of lions and bears also indicate removing the skins and dividing the carcass', the researcher points out.

"Therefore, the meat of these large predators was also eaten by Palaeolithic hunters."

(Excerpt) Read more at scienceinpoland.pap.pl ...


TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: ancientautopsies; dietandcuisine; godsgravesglyphs; gravettian; huntergatherers; palaeolithic
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To: SunkenCiv

I’m sure the wolves got their share of human meat.


21 posted on 05/31/2020 8:23:01 PM PDT by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: nwrep; BenLurkin; Harmless Teddy Bear; Mariner; Grimmy; Dusty Road; TnTnTn; Ransomed; ...
We're still opportunistic feeders, and the ancestors used cooperative hunting; add in maneating wolves etc (not atypically, maneating predation results from geriatricity and/or chronic coniditions and injuries)...

22 posted on 05/31/2020 8:23:41 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Hungry For The Wolf


23 posted on 05/31/2020 8:23:46 PM PDT by Phil DiBasquette
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To: SunkenCiv
Where Wolf???

There, there Wolf!!

24 posted on 05/31/2020 8:26:02 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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To: SunkenCiv

Never heard of this band. I clicked on it thinking it was Duran Duran. I don’t care what anyone says, call me gay! Durna Duran kicked ass!


25 posted on 05/31/2020 8:26:26 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: SunkenCiv

That might be one of the reasons dogs were domesticated. If things got lean, it’s still better for tribe morale if fido goes in the stew pot before grandpa or grandma.

freegards


26 posted on 05/31/2020 8:35:17 PM PDT by Ransomed
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQbTQ0BJBhE


27 posted on 05/31/2020 9:06:12 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Thanks. Duran Duran is legendary. I totally grew up with them.


28 posted on 05/31/2020 9:09:02 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: SunkenCiv

They cataloged the bones from what they ate?

What a shock they ate wolf. NOT. I bet they ate anything they could get their hands on.


29 posted on 05/31/2020 9:15:12 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (We are governed by the consent of the governed and we are fools for allowing it.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

They were better than Haircut 100.


30 posted on 05/31/2020 9:17:26 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Sequoyah101
Dog ain't bad, neither. Greasy, I'll admit, but you'd be surprised how delicate the flavour is, especially when you're starving

31 posted on 05/31/2020 9:21:09 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Ransomed
:^) OTOH, they didn't have social security checks coming in, so...

32 posted on 05/31/2020 9:22:42 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Obammy ate one of their descendants.


33 posted on 05/31/2020 9:33:21 PM PDT by Trump_Triumphant
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To: SunkenCiv

“In the backwash of Fennario
the black and bloody mire
the dire wolf collects his dues
while the boys sing ‘round the fire
“Don’t murder me
I beg of you please
don’t murder me...’’


34 posted on 05/31/2020 10:14:56 PM PDT by jmacusa (If we're all equal how is diversity our strength?)
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To: Ransomed

“If things got lean, it’s still better for the tribe morale if fido goes in the stew pot before grandpa or grandma.”

That’s our WTWEAWKI plan. Signed, grandpa & grandma


35 posted on 06/01/2020 6:33:43 AM PDT by Cold Heart (.)
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To: SunkenCiv
In John Noble's book he talked about how he ate dogs while in a Soviet gulag.
36 posted on 06/01/2020 8:12:38 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Leave it to me to be holdin' the matches when the fire truck shows up & there's nobody else to blame)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

That must have been Ruff.


37 posted on 06/02/2020 9:25:26 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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