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Neanderthal remains unearthed in Italian cave
BBC News ^
| 08 May 2021
| staff
Posted on 05/08/2021 8:24:38 PM PDT by blueplum
Archaeologists in Italy have discovered the remains of nine Neanderthals who may have been hunted by hyenas, in a prehistoric cave south-east of Rome.
The fossilized bones, which include skull fragments and broken jawbones, were found in the Guattari Cave in the coastal town San Felice Circeo....
...Mario Rolfo, a professor of archaeology at Tor Vergata University, said most of the Neanderthals had been killed by hyenas and dragged back to their cave den as food.
"Neanderthals were prey for these animals," the Guardian quoted him as saying. "Hyenas hunted them, especially the most vulnerable, like sick or elderly individuals."
Italian Culture Minister Dario Franceschini described the find as "an extraordinary discovery which the whole world will be talking about"...
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; History; Science
KEYWORDS: ancientautopsies; anthropology; godsgravesglyphs; history; hyenas; italy; neandertal; neandertals; neanderthal; neanderthals; prehistory; rome; science
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oldest remains may date to 100K years ago
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posted on
05/08/2021 8:24:38 PM PDT
by
blueplum
To: blueplum
We all thought Ogg and Ugga left the group because they were mad at us.
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posted on
05/08/2021 8:33:33 PM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: blueplum
Why don’t European environmentalists push for reintroducing hyenas?
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posted on
05/08/2021 8:34:09 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(Will the Younger Dryas Impact you? )
To: blueplum
...never to be earthed again.
To: blueplum
Probably a liberal. Politics so easy even a caveman could do it.
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posted on
05/08/2021 8:43:27 PM PDT
by
Huskrrrr
(Pronouns? I need no stinkin pronouns!)
To: TigersEye
hyenas were why neantherthals couldn’t have nice things
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posted on
05/08/2021 8:53:11 PM PDT
by
blueplum
("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
To: blueplum
Sure sounds like the 21st Century...
"Neanderthals Deplorables were prey for these animals. Hyenas Democrats hunted them, especially the most vulnerable, like sick or elderly individuals."
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posted on
05/08/2021 8:53:19 PM PDT
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(“No man’s life, liberty or property are safe while the Legislature is in session" - Gideon J. Tucker)
To: Fester Chugabrew
The title is a bit of a contradiction.
If the Neanderthal remains unearthed, how do they know its there?
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posted on
05/08/2021 8:56:25 PM PDT
by
CTyank
To: blueplum
The Neanderthals were reportedly found with 5 ballots each from a Detroit voting precinct and all the ballots were marked with a vote for Biden .
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posted on
05/08/2021 9:08:06 PM PDT
by
HereInTheHeartland
(Leave me alone, I have no incriminating evidence on the Clintons)
To: CTyank
The title is a bit of a contradiction. If the Neanderthal remains unearthed, how do they know its there?Ha-ha! Nice "dad joke," CTyank
Neanderthal remains unearthed in Italian cave
That, of course, means that the remains of Neanderthals have been unearthed.
Regards,
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posted on
05/08/2021 9:11:44 PM PDT
by
alexander_busek
(Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
To: alexander_busek
Skeletons of hairy men found in Italy...
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posted on
05/08/2021 9:16:51 PM PDT
by
null and void
(When you put bad people in charge expect bad things to happen, often in a spectacular and sudden way)
To: blueplum
There’s a Kamala joke in there somewhere.
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posted on
05/08/2021 9:29:41 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(Salamander has barbaric tendencies.../Gundog)
To: Salamander
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posted on
05/08/2021 9:33:48 PM PDT
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null and void
(When you put bad people in charge expect bad things to happen, often in a spectacular and sudden way)
To: blueplum
Turns out Neanderthals were extremely intelligent and the races today with dna from them show it.
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posted on
05/08/2021 9:41:26 PM PDT
by
Beowulf9
To: blueplum
Big deal. There is one living in the white house.
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posted on
05/08/2021 9:45:23 PM PDT
by
Sequoyah101
(Politicians are only marginally good at one thing, being politicians. Otherwise they are fools.)
To: SunkenCiv
Neanderthals eaten by hyenas: details at 11!
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posted on
05/08/2021 9:46:29 PM PDT
by
ApplegateRanch
(Love me, love my guns!)
To: ApplegateRanch; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; ...
Thanks ApplegateRanch. Hyenas are bad, the Lowenas are not too bad, while the Mediumenas...
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posted on
05/08/2021 10:08:39 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: blueplum
“Neanderthal remains unearthed in Italian cave”
Then why doesn’t someone bury him???
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posted on
05/08/2021 10:39:23 PM PDT
by
Ken H
(Trump won.)
To: Fester Chugabrew
and Michael Jackson is still dead.
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posted on
05/08/2021 11:01:23 PM PDT
by
outofsalt
(If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
To: TigersEye
That’s pay per view material.
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posted on
05/09/2021 12:39:06 AM PDT
by
Trillian
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