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Ancient Cave Bears Were As Omnivorous As Modern Bears
Science Daily ^
| 1-8-2008
| Washington University in St. Louis.
Posted on 01/09/2008 3:57:27 PM PST by blam
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01/09/2008 3:57:28 PM PST
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blam
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
01/09/2008 3:57:55 PM PST
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blam
(Secure the border and enforce the law)
To: blam
But, did the Ancient Omnivorous Cave Bears produce feces in the forest? Now THERE’S an icky mouthful!
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posted on
01/09/2008 3:59:36 PM PST
by
SERKIT
("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.....)
To: blam
Bears Repeating.
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posted on
01/09/2008 3:59:43 PM PST
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rfp1234
(Phodopus campbelli: household ruler since July 2007.)
To: SERKIT
Modern bears have it easy.
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posted on
01/09/2008 4:00:46 PM PST
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rfp1234
(Phodopus campbelli: household ruler since July 2007.)
To: blam
Picnic baskets were pretty scarce, though. Sorry, proto-yogi
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posted on
01/09/2008 4:01:02 PM PST
by
NonValueAdded
("Hillary ... a product whose sell-by date has passed" (OMG, I'm quoting Shrum))
To: blam
Ayla and I were just discussing this the other night.
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posted on
01/09/2008 4:09:04 PM PST
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fish hawk
(The religion of Darwinism = Monkey Intellect)
To: blam
So they have never evolved but man did?
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posted on
01/09/2008 4:10:31 PM PST
by
edcoil
To: fish hawk
"Ayla and I were just discussing this the other night. "Yup, me too. She told me as she yawned and rolled over to sleep.
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posted on
01/09/2008 4:15:13 PM PST
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blam
(Secure the border and enforce the law)
To: blam
I'm thinking that Early Man had the same sense of awe that us Moderns have of bears. Neat critters.
Not too much info around on the "Dog-Bear" of the Pleistocene.
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posted on
01/09/2008 4:17:10 PM PST
by
Does so
(...against all enemies, DOMESTIC and foreign...)
To: Does so; blam
My tribe calls the bear “Auntie” and believe that she gave us our medicines. (herbs and things that heal the sick) We cannot wear anything with bear claws on it in our ceremonial dances.
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posted on
01/09/2008 4:22:18 PM PST
by
fish hawk
(The religion of Darwinism = Monkey Intellect)
To: Does so
That would be “Man-Bear-Pig”. Let’s get it straight!
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posted on
01/09/2008 4:46:32 PM PST
by
gigster
To: blam
Does that mean that they would have eaten people more slowly?
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posted on
01/09/2008 4:59:07 PM PST
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org.whodat
(What's the difference between a Democrat and a republican????)
To: rfp1234
In the pipeline construction camps bears got into the barracks more than once. One worker went to the shower room in the morning, saw a black bear in the room and decided to go to breakfast first and shower later.
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01/09/2008 5:01:57 PM PST
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RightWhale
(Dean Koonz is good, but my favorite authors are Dun and Bradstreet)
To: fish hawk
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posted on
01/09/2008 5:02:23 PM PST
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blam
(Secure the border and enforce the law)
To: blam
Why would anyone think that an animal with huge canines could be a vegetarian.
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01/09/2008 5:03:08 PM PST
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TASMANIANRED
(TAZ:Untamed, Unpredictable, Uninhibited.)
To: blam
Scientists were surprised by the large number of Paleolithic Picnic Baskets this bear had seemed to gather.
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Thanks Blam.
Wow, that caption:Studies of the bones and teeth of cave bears, and especially the nitrogen isotopes in their bone protein, have concluded that they were largely vegetarian. Is contrary to the story. Probably some vegan dillhole.Rather than being gentle giants, new research reveals that Pleistocene cave bears ate both plants and animals and competed for food with the other contemporary large carnivores of the time: hyaenas, lions, wolves, and our own human ancestors... the Oase bears and scattered individuals from other cave sites show that they were sometimes as omnivorous as modern brown bears, including North American Kodiak and grizzly bears. The study was conducted by an international group of researchers including Michael Richards of the Max Planck Institute and Erik Trinkaus of Washington University in St. Louis. To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list.
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posted on
01/10/2008 10:03:18 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: rfp1234
Awwww. I would walk right up and hug that cub.
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posted on
01/10/2008 10:35:51 AM PST
by
decimon
To: blam
Darryl Hannah is just so weird. She always seems to play a character that not quite all there.
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01/10/2008 10:36:13 AM PST
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CholeraJoe
("At last my arm is complete!" Sweeney Todd)
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