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Predators 'Drove Human Evolution'
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| 2-19-2006
| Paul Ricon
Posted on 02/19/2006 12:18:49 PM PST by blam
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"The popular view of our ancient ancestors as hunters who conquered all in their way is wrong." I don't know of anyone who didn't/doesn't think that humans were also prey.
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posted on
02/19/2006 12:18:52 PM PST
by
blam
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
02/19/2006 12:19:31 PM PST
by
blam
To: blam
I was waiting to read the part that read something to the effect " and all life started in a cesspool created by the big bang". hehehehe
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posted on
02/19/2006 12:25:36 PM PST
by
1FASTGLOCK45
(FreeRepublic: More fun than watching Dem'Rats drown like Turkeys in the rain! ! !)
To: blam
Headline fooled me...I thought it was going to be about the Nashville hockey team.
To: blam
To: blam
Ever notice that in nature shows ?
Lions charge into herd of wildebeest. Once they have singled out a victim the other wildebeest ignore it and relax. They make no effort to help their fellow.
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posted on
02/19/2006 12:30:55 PM PST
by
Sam the Sham
(A conservative party tough on illegal immigration could carry California in 2008)
To: blam
"According to the theory espoused by Professor Sussman, early humans evolved not as hunters but as prey for animals such as wild dogs, cats, hyenas, eagles and crocodiles." These guys?
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posted on
02/19/2006 12:31:31 PM PST
by
Frank T
To: blam
Hey! Where'd they get that picture of my brother-in-law!?!
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posted on
02/19/2006 12:32:05 PM PST
by
MineralMan
(godless atheist)
To: All
According to the theory espoused by Professor Sussman, early humans evolved not as hunters but as prey for animals such as wild dogs, cats, hyenas, eagles and crocodiles.
I can see how humans could be hunted by wild dogs, hyenas and crocodiles, but cats and eagles?? What could an eagle or a cat do to someone?
To: Frank T
Just remember this. If those cute, cuddly widdle kittens were large enough, they would EAT you. And they probably wouldn't bother to kill you first.
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posted on
02/19/2006 12:35:12 PM PST
by
LibKill
(Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. - Benjamin Franklin)
To: Frank T
Awww, Geeee . . . Cute kitty photo!
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posted on
02/19/2006 12:35:13 PM PST
by
ex-Texan
(Matthew 7:1 through 6)
To: blam
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posted on
02/19/2006 12:35:23 PM PST
by
LiteKeeper
(Beware the secularization of America)
To: blam
The latter group, it appears, could not adapt to pressures such as predation, and became extinct between one and 1.2 million years ago. No Doubt, with Megafauna like this running around!
Shortfaced bear (Arctodus simus) Height: 5.5ft (1.7m) Lived: 800,000 years ago - 10,000 years ago Also called "Bulldog Bears", these long-legged lithe animals were taller but lighter than their modern cousins. Links: [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Dire Wolf (Canis dirus) Height: 5ft (1.5m) Lived: 1 million years ago - 10,000 years ago Huge cousins of the modern wolf and coyote. Once ranged over the entire western hemisphere. Links: [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ]
Sabertooth Cat (Smilodon fatalis)* Height: 4ft (1.2m) Lived: 1.5 million years ago - 10,000 years ago Wonderfully named giant cat. One of several species cats during this time with massive canines. Its jaw open very wide, allowing it to literally stab its prey with 7-inch teeth. Sabretooths ranged throughout North and South America Links: [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
American Scimitar Cat (Homotherium serum) Height: 3.3ft (1m) Lived: 1.5 million years ago - 10,000 years ago The Scimitar cat, a smaller and rarer cousin to the Sabretooth lived in the northern regions of of North America, and fed on young and sick Mammoths and Mastodons. Links: [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ]
Giant Beaver (Castoroides ohioensis) Height: 3.3ft (1m) Lived: 1.5 million years ago - 10,000 years ago Not much different from modern beavers, except in size. Castroides was a massive rodent, weighing up to 450 pounds. Ranged widely, but exclusively throughout North America. Links: [ 1, 2 ]
Beautiful Armadillo (Dasypus bellus) Height: 3.3ft (1m) Lived: 1 million years ago - 10,000 years ago Like Castroides, this armadillo is not all that different from its modern cousins, except in size, and of course its lyrical name. Links: [ 1 ]
Bone-crushing Dog (Osteoborus cynoides) Height: 3ft (.9m) Lived: 8 million years a go - 1.5 million years ago Small powerful primitive dog, built to do as its name implies, to crush and devour bones. Links: [ 1 ]
American Camel (Camelops hesternus) Height: 12ft (3.6m) Lived: 1 million years ago - 10,000 years ago - Found in Alaska and the Yukon, Camelops is one of many camel species from this era - all of which originated in North America, which has no camels today outside of zoos. Links: [ 1, 2 ]
Giraffe Camel (Aepycamelus) Height: 10ft (3m) Lived: 10-5 million years ago Another member of the Camel Family. Aepycamelus sports a very long neck, looking much like a giraffe and inspiring an earlier name of Alticamelus - literally 'Tall Camel'. Links: [ 1 ]
Giant Irish Elk (Megalocerous giganteus)* Height: 7ft (2.1m) Lived: 500k- 10,000 years ago Megalocerous' impressive rack of antlers has been a collecters item for humans. Some can be found mounted in ancient European castles - falsely implying the owner had killed the long-extinct animal. Links: [ 1, 2, 3 ]
Four-tusked Elephant (Gomphotheres) Height: 8ft (2.4m) Lived: 15-5 million years ago Mother Nature experimented heavily with elephant species and the arrangement of their tusks during this age. Gomphotheres ended up with both uppers and lowers. Links: [ 1, 2, 3]
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posted on
02/19/2006 12:35:50 PM PST
by
bikepacker67
(Mohammed's Mother wears Army Boots)
To: Paleo Conservative
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posted on
02/19/2006 12:37:06 PM PST
by
Clioman
To: bikepacker67
![](http://www.kokogiak.com/megafauna/megaloc_shad2.gif)
Mynd you, møøse bites Kan be pretty nasti...
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posted on
02/19/2006 12:40:37 PM PST
by
RichInOC
(...somebody was going to post it...why not me?)
To: LibKill
Don't I know it. When I was a kid, one of my cat's had the unfortunate habit of attacking the feet of whoever was dispensing his food from the can. A mean 'lil bugger.
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posted on
02/19/2006 12:41:20 PM PST
by
Frank T
To: RichInOC
My sister was bit by a moose.
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posted on
02/19/2006 12:41:54 PM PST
by
bikepacker67
(Mohammed's Mother wears Army Boots)
To: 1FASTGLOCK45
Why? Those have nothing to do with human evolution. Unless your take is that the writer didn't know what he was talking about.
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posted on
02/19/2006 12:44:18 PM PST
by
stands2reason
(It's now 2006, and two wrongs still don't make a right.)
To: bikepacker67
I seem to recall some conjecture that the Giant Irish Elk survived into historic times.
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posted on
02/19/2006 12:45:26 PM PST
by
nomorelurker
(wetraginhell)
To: blam
Anyone who has hunted know that even armed with a 30-06 man is not "all conquering."
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posted on
02/19/2006 12:46:23 PM PST
by
RobbyS
( CHIRHO)
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