Posted on 08/19/2013 6:27:17 AM PDT by Renfield
The invention of the bow and arrow allowed users to shoot projectiles more rapidly and more accurately than with the traditional spear.
A new theory argues that this innovation resulted in more than just a technological revolution. It also had profound social consequences wherever the bow was adopted.
Stony Brook University biologists Paul Bingham and Joanne Souza developed the “social-coercion hypothesis” as an explanation for the rise of social complexity. They recently outlined their work in the journal Evolutionary Anthropology.
According to this idea, the introduction of a more-effective weapon system gave social groups a safer, more-reliable way to coerce uncooperative individuals to support the efforts of the group or to seek another one somewhere else....
(Excerpt) Read more at dispatch.com ...
My hypothesis is that sex changed the world. Since the Neanderthal was bred out of existence, I theorize that folks who found a commonality in copulating were more inclined to view another tribe/group as sexual conquests, and who can argue with that?
I mean, what does ALL mankind have in common, no matter what country they come from?...SEX! Which is why spies are so vulnerable...and who is to say that libtards can’t be reasoned with and brought to an understanding? *kof-kof* That is, if one can bear “courting” a libtard. *hak-hak*
OK...I’m going to bed, now...alone...
My copy of "The Traditional Boyer" begs to differ with you. They've made successful hunting bows with just about any kind of wood you care to name: Oak, elm, maple, hickory, ash, osage orange, even mulberry. I was very surprised by one of their tests showing a 6' maple bow launching arrows with greater force than a yew bow of similar length.
Another thing that surprised me was that one of the oldest bow fragments they found in England (going back a few thousand years, if I recall correctly) was about 6 ft. long, but it's limbs were flat, rather than the "D" shape of the traditional English (Welsh!) long bow. Apparently, the flat profile of the limbs lets them move more efficiently and impart greater speed to the arrow.
:’)
The Neandertal Enigma"Frayer's own reading of the record reveals a number of overlooked traits that clearly and specifically link the Neandertals to the Cro-Magnons. One such trait is the shape of the opening of the nerve canal in the lower jaw, a spot where dentists often give a pain-blocking injection. In many Neandertal, the upper portion of the opening is covered by a broad bony ridge, a curious feature also carried by a significant number of Cro-Magnons. But none of the alleged 'ancestors of us all' fossils from Africa have it, and it is extremely rare in modern people outside Europe." [pp 126-127]
by James Shreeve
in local libraries
Which is to say...WHAT? With the likes of Al Girly Boy, Zero and My-Tongue-Ran-Away-With-Me Biden, HomoSapien is lucky to even BE!!!!
Which is to say...WHAT? With the likes of Al Girly Boy, Zero and My-Tongue-Ran-Away-With-Me Biden, HomoSapien is lucky to even BE!!!!
Sometimes the draw weight exceeded 200lbs. Many male skeletons from the 1400-1500 period are instantly datable because they have deformed shoulders.
Duh!
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