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Newly analyzed remains suggest that a modern human killed a Neanderthal man in what is now Iraq between 50,000 and 75,000 years ago.
The finding is scant but tantalizing evidence for a theory that modern humans helped to kill off the Neanderthals.
The probable weapon of choice: A thrown spear.
The evidence: A lethal wound on the remains of a Neanderthal skeleton.
The victim: A 40- to 50-year-old male, now called Shanidar 3, with signs of arthritis and a sharp, deep slice in his left ninth rib.
The victim: A 40- to 50-year-old male, now called Shanidar 3, with signs of arthritis and a sharp, deep slice in his left ninth rib.
Originally posted by KSPigpen
The victim: A 40- to 50-year-old male, now called Shanidar 3, with signs of arthritis and a sharp, deep slice in his left ninth rib.
Wow....isn't that OLD for one of our distant relatives? That's a life span like the 1800's...they must have eaten right or something.
So 'the man' was keeping us down even back then, huh? Stickin' a spear in an old man's side. The earliest recorded mugging?
Originally posted by TheWalkingFox
reply to post by tothetenthpower
And what official story is that? I've never seen any suggestion from a serious source that paleolithic people lived in some sort of Edenic paradise. Quite the opposite.
Maybe you're considering Jean Auel as a "source" rather than a writer of cave porn?
I could never have told the story without the books and materials of the specialists who have worked at the sites and have collected the artifacts of our prehistoric ancestors...