Stone Age Murder: Spear Wound Shows Human Killed Neanderthal

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Stone Age Murder: Spear Wound Shows Human Killed Neanderthal

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

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.

"What we've got is a rib injury, with any number of scenarios that could explain it," said study researcher Steven Churchill, an associate professor of evolutionary anthropology at Duke University in North Carolina. "We're not suggesting there was a blitzkrieg, with modern humans marching across the land and executing the Neandertals [aka Neanderthals]. I want to say that loud and clear."

But he added, "We think the best explanation for this injury is a projectile weapon, and given who had those and who didn't, that implies at least one act of inter-species aggression."

(Balance of article at URL above.)

[Mallardz]

Like on the kids show I saw that time

[Animavore]

Maybe he was going for a shit behind a bush when a stray spear from one of his hunting pals aiming for a prehistoric rabbit ancestor that ran into said bush?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Maybe he was going for a shit behind a bush when a stray spear from one of his hunting pals aiming for a prehistoric rabbit ancestor that ran into said bush?

The source is Fox News, so the crime is murder. No accidents allowed on that channel. Nor the possibility that the doer was another Neanderthal.

[cowiz]

We humans just love to destroy other cultures and ecosystems - I am not surprised that we had a go at the poor old Neanderthal.

I hope to fuck that as we push out into deep space that we don't come across an alien society with a lesser developed technology than ours - the poor fuckers won't stand a chance. We will slaughter them with impunity (and with big guns too)

[Animavore]

Maybe he was going for a shit behind a bush when a stray spear from one of his hunting pals aiming for a prehistoric rabbit ancestor that ran into said bush?

The source is Fox News, so the crime is murder. No accidents allowed on that channel. Nor the possibility that the doer was another Neanderthal.

Probably some liberal pot smoking atheist who lives in his mom's basement

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Maybe he was going for a shit behind a bush when a stray spear from one of his hunting pals aiming for a prehistoric rabbit ancestor that ran into said bush?

The source is Fox News, so the crime is murder. No accidents allowed on that channel. Nor the possibility that the doer was another Neanderthal.

Probably some liberal pot smoking atheist who lives in his mom's basement

The Old Hippie Syndrome. The curse of "middle America".