Brutal lives of Stone Age Britons

BBC News ^ | 5/11/06 | Paul Rincon

[NaughtiusMaximus]

You've got great tagline material there!

[clyde asbury]

You knew this would happen...

[Blue State Insurgent]

Cannibalism?

[SirJohnBarleycorn]

"We generally think of Neolithic people as living peaceful lives..."

[traviskicks]

lol, they've done similar studies on 'hunter gather' societies in rainforests etc... that are often idolized etc.. by some.

[Radix]

Help help, I am being repressed!

[Rocky]

"I'll have the roast duck with the mango sauce."

Great commercial.

[Tancred]

I remember reading somewhere that prior to contact with the Europeans, the native Australian people, even though a small population living at a Stone Age level, nonetheless fought non-stop brutal wars with each other.

[Lawgvr1955]

Should have had "Club Control". The populace should have been stipped of their clubs.

[bkepley]

I always thought their lives were nasty, brutish and short. Maybe he's read too much Rousseau?

[SunkenCiv]

thanks, will add, but not ping, because, alas...

Muggings Were Rife In New Stone Age
New Scientist | 5-11-2006 | Emma Young
Posted on 05/11/2006 2:50:02 PM EDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1630638/posts

[SunkenCiv]

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[ZULU]

"Blunt instruments such as clubs were responsible for most of the traumas. "

OBVIOUSLY they needed "club control laws" (sarcasm)