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In Prehistoric Britain Cannibalism Was Practical and Ritualistic
Scientific American Blogs ^ | 9-24-2012 | Kate Wong

Posted on 09/25/2012 6:50:46 AM PDT by Renfield

BORDEAUX—Mealtime in Gough’s cave in Somerset, England, 14,700 years ago, was not for the faint of heart. Humans were on the menu, for consumption by their own kind. Anthropologists have long studied evidence for cannibalism in the human fossil record, but establishing that it occurred and ascertaining why people ate each other have proved difficult tasks. A new analysis provides fresh insights into the human defleshing that occurred at this site and what motivated it—and hints that cannibalism may have been more common in prehistory than previously thought....

(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.scientificamerican.com ...


TOPICS: History; Science
KEYWORDS: anthropology; britain; cannibalism; godsgravesglyphs
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1 posted on 09/25/2012 6:50:53 AM PDT by Renfield
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To: SunkenCiv

Ping


2 posted on 09/25/2012 6:51:31 AM PDT by Renfield (Turning apples into venison since 1999!)
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To: Renfield

I guess they ate a lot of fava beans, too.....................


3 posted on 09/25/2012 6:53:57 AM PDT by Red Badger (Anyone who thinks wisdom comes with age is either too young or too stupid to know the difference....)
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To: Renfield
DONNER! Party of Four!


4 posted on 09/25/2012 6:55:44 AM PDT by Michael.SF. (Ambassador Stevens is dead and the Chevy Volt is alive!)
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To: Renfield

Never been fond of English food.


5 posted on 09/25/2012 6:57:15 AM PDT by dblshot (Insanity: electing the same people over and over and expecting different results.)
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To: Renfield

After seeing the riots in England lasy year,It will be making a comeback!


6 posted on 09/25/2012 6:57:52 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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To: Renfield
I'm an inexperienced cannibal.
7 posted on 09/25/2012 7:00:47 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Gingers have no souls.)
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To: Renfield

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFDgSKbapzY

Dear Sir,

I am glad to hear that your studio audience disapproves of the last skit as strongly as I. As a naval officer I abhor the implication that the Royal Navy is a haven for cannibalism. It is well known that we now have the problem relatively under control, and that it is the RAF who now suffer the largest casualties in this area. And what do you think the Argylls ate in Aden. Arabs?

Yours etc.

Captain B.J. Smethwick in a white wine sauce with shallots, mushrooms and garlic.


8 posted on 09/25/2012 7:07:19 AM PDT by dfwgator (I'm voting for Ryan and that other guy.)
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To: Renfield

We will return to cannibalism. And not necessarily because of a shortage of food.

We value human life less each day.


9 posted on 09/25/2012 7:07:29 AM PDT by lurk
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To: Renfield

10 posted on 09/25/2012 7:07:56 AM PDT by frithguild (You can call me Snippy the Anti-Freeper)
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To: Renfield

They didn’t call him “Cheddar Man” for nothing.

Hmmmmmmm....cheddar.


11 posted on 09/25/2012 7:20:12 AM PDT by Conan the Librarian (The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
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To: Renfield

Dear Sir,

I am glad to hear that your studio audience disapproves of the last skit as strongly as I. As a naval officer I abhor the implication that the Royal Navy is a haven for cannibalism.

It is well known that we now have the problem relatively under control, and that it is the RAF who now suffer the largest casualties in this area. And what do you think the Argylls ate in Aden. Arabs?

Yours etc. Captain B.J. Smethwick in a white wine sauce with shallots, mushrooms and garlic.”[1]


12 posted on 09/25/2012 7:21:39 AM PDT by DManA
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To: dfwgator

Opps, sorry for the dup.


13 posted on 09/25/2012 7:22:53 AM PDT by DManA
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To: DManA

“Well, I do feel a bit peckish.”


14 posted on 09/25/2012 7:23:55 AM PDT by dfwgator (I'm voting for Ryan and that other guy.)
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To: Red Badger
I guess they ate a lot of fava beans, too.....................

And bath salts?
15 posted on 09/25/2012 7:25:08 AM PDT by Renderofveils (My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music. - Nabokov)
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To: Michael.SF.

My first LOL of the day...thank yew, thank yew very much.


16 posted on 09/25/2012 7:27:30 AM PDT by Pharmboy (Democrats lie because they must.)
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To: Renderofveils

Mushrooms, psylly.......


17 posted on 09/25/2012 7:29:16 AM PDT by Red Badger (Anyone who thinks wisdom comes with age is either too young or too stupid to know the difference....)
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To: dfwgator
“Well, I do feel a bit peckish.”

...and I can outrun Nigel...hmmm...

18 posted on 09/25/2012 7:30:39 AM PDT by Pharmboy (Democrats lie because they must.)
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To: dfwgator

Oh, did you like her?


19 posted on 09/25/2012 7:33:16 AM PDT by DManA
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To: DManA

"Stop it! Stop it! Stop this cannibalism....let's have a thread about nice clean decent human beings."

20 posted on 09/25/2012 7:37:32 AM PDT by dfwgator (I'm voting for Ryan and that other guy.)
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