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« on: December 22, 2010, 04:41:48 AM »
Hi, I found this in the BBC News today: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12049854 - a story about a Neanderthal family from 49,000 years ago who were killed and eaten by other Neanderthals.

Don't think I'll be going that far, though...   Shocked
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« Reply #1 on: January 03, 2011, 04:15:34 PM »
I see this all the time with the mice I raise for snake food. With the mice its less a sign of starvation than it is a problem with dehydration though. They'll kill a peer and then bite the occipital region of their skull until they get a clear path to the spinal cord, they'll sever the spinal cord and then drink the fluid. its really insane, but absolutely intriguing!

I wonder if the family's peer were hungry or maybe it was a dominance thing? I know that chimps will cannibalize the opposing tribal members in a display of dominance.
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« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2011, 07:44:25 AM »
It would be cool to find out, but I suspect we may never know.
Perhaps there was a food shortage? Or maybe they were killed in a territorial battle and eaten afterwards.
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« Reply #3 on: January 04, 2011, 12:51:24 PM »
sounds like we need a hot tub time machine.  Grin
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"When you take civilization away from man you don't have man without civilization, you have an entirely different animal" -Simon Clark's "Blood Crazy"


"Time is the king of men, he's both their parent, and he is their
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     Pericles, Act II. sc.3. William Shakespeare

 
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     Act IV. Sc. 5. William Shakespeare
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