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Neanderthals: Top-Notch Hunters
Discovery News ^
| 2-1-2006
| Rossella Lorenzi
Posted on 02/02/2006 11:47:20 AM PST by blam
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To: blam
Just a couple weeks ago, there was an article saying that modern man was a better hunter because he used spears and slings. Now a story with the exact opposite slant. Ain't the science of who we were and where we came from amazingly concise and consistent?
Flame on....
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posted on
02/02/2006 12:12:51 PM PST
by
trebb
("I am the way... no one comes to the Father, but by me..." - Jesus in John 14:6 (RSV))
To: bpjam
No Neanderthal left behind...
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posted on
02/02/2006 12:16:15 PM PST
by
null and void
("Never place a period where God has placed a coma" --Gracie Allen)
To: sheik yerbouty
"Yes, but their voice box is quite high in the throat, possibly an Ice Age adaptation. Speech would be somewhat less articulate." Neanderthals Sang At High Pitch
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posted on
02/02/2006 12:17:26 PM PST
by
blam
To: Kenny Bunk
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posted on
02/02/2006 12:19:32 PM PST
by
RobbyS
( CHIRHO)
To: luvbach1
Michael Crichton's "Eaters of the Dead (Previously The 13th Warrior)" is a great read. It is a fictional account of such co-existence.
To: blam
Well, luckily for all of us, they were not "vegans" or some such nonsense.
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posted on
02/02/2006 12:25:43 PM PST
by
alarm rider
(Irritating leftists as often as is humanly possible....)
To: blam
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posted on
02/02/2006 12:29:11 PM PST
by
sheik yerbouty
( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
To: blam
But analysis of tooth wear revealed that two-thirds of the animals were animals of prime age, the strongest, fastest, most nutritious and most difficult to capture members of the herd. Trophy Hunters!
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posted on
02/02/2006 12:29:12 PM PST
by
Doomonyou
(FR doesn't suffer fools lightly.)
To: Brazoria Bound
I actually think that's very interesting. I believe that much in mythology has a basis in fact, although I don't believe we would recognize that fact today because the story has been transformed so much. I was thinking about centaurs when I saw Narnia...
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posted on
02/02/2006 12:30:55 PM PST
by
twigs
To: blam
Unnngh!
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posted on
02/02/2006 12:33:27 PM PST
by
Doomonyou
(FR doesn't suffer fools lightly.)
To: blam
Everyone knows they did not become extinct. They simply became Democrats!
To: blam
But acdcording to a Geico insurance commercial I saw they're still around...
To: luvbach1
isnt there 2 theories on this: 1. we killed them off.
2. or we bred with them......>which explains the looks of some central europeans.
Or both??
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posted on
02/02/2006 12:54:48 PM PST
by
SuperOne
To: bpjam
Wasnt' it Chuck Norris who gave them the gift of "beard"?
To: bpjam
Top reasons that Neaderthals became extinct:
8. Judge Alito let the executive branch kill them all.
9. Lack of fair-trade fur clothing.
10. All the female Neandertals looked like Cindy Sheehan.
1. Not enough global warming.
2. Lack of comprehensive universal health care.
3. No Family Leave Act.
4. All the females died in back alley abortions because Neaderthal men wouldn't let them have 'choice.'
5. Second Hand Smoke.
6. Neaderthals were replaced by cheaper foreign Cro-Magnon men due to rampant outsourcing as a result of bad trade deals which failed to require environmental and labor standards on competitors.
7. Chuck Norris killed them all
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posted on
02/02/2006 1:10:28 PM PST
by
mbarker12474
(United Methodist Church: Empty Your Wallets. Empty Your Minds. Last One Out Close the Doors.)
To: bpjam
You left out Jack Bauer and John McClane...
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posted on
02/02/2006 1:36:38 PM PST
by
balrog666
(A myth by any other name is still inane.)
To: SuperOne
Yes, they could have interbred with "modern humans." And this may account for the "caveman" looks of some Euros (not saying which they are!). And as you indicate, modern humans killing them off is another of the theories. But unexplained is how and why the all of the pure Neanderthals died off.
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posted on
02/02/2006 2:19:31 PM PST
by
luvbach1
(Near the belly of the beast in San Diego)
To: luvbach1
But unexplained is how and why the all of the pure Neanderthals died off. Old age?
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posted on
02/02/2006 3:13:03 PM PST
by
Yellow Rose of Texas
(Separation of Church and State is a MYTH, read the First Amendment)
To: blam
Thanks Blam. Guess what I get to re-post now! Hoooraaaaay! ;')
There have been a couple of similar topics, so I'm just posting this, not pingin'.
To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list. Thanks. Please FREEPMAIL me if you want on or off the
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posted on
02/02/2006 9:47:10 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(In the long run, there is only the short run.)
To: ValerieUSA
#5 -- what ASA Vet said... :')
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posted on
02/02/2006 9:50:32 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(In the long run, there is only the short run.)
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