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To: Boogieman
We recently had a thread about some more paleolithic drawings uncovered in the Kola peninsula (where the Skolt Sa'ami lived predominantly for thousands of years).

One of the drawings is about how to hunt a bear ~ first you put on your ski's. You walk up hill ahead of the bear ~ the bear follows you to the top. Then, you start skiing downhill ~ the bear follows ~ you are much faster (65 mph on your skis) .

You get to the bottom first, turn around, stand your ground with your long spear in both hands tight, and the bear slides right down hill onto your spear!

I think they estimate that one at least 5000 year old ~ but it could easily be even older. These drawings have been exposed to weathering for centuries.

The cold hard facts are the Sa'ami exterminated the bears on the Scandinavian peninsula a very long time ago.

83 posted on 06/13/2012 1:39:58 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: muawiyah

Great example. Human knowledge may have been smaller thousands of years ago, but human ingenuity was not.


105 posted on 06/13/2012 4:07:04 PM PDT by Boogieman
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