[Red Badger]

[Red Badger]

Ping!...........

[Larry Lucido]

“400,000 year old spears”

I knew Brtiny was aging badly, but I never guessed she was that old.

[earlJam]

Only a Neanderthal could butcher a horse.

[sodpoodle]

Perhaps those huge, cumbersome spears were held by more than one hunter. They might have developed a system of running and hurling in unison. More strength, velocity and reach.

[NonValueAdded]

Yeah, but what were they doing in a coal mine back then?

[Hacklehead]

Those spears were most likely thrusting weapons and not thrown, especially since they are not straight and wouldn’t fly properly. It is also estimated that modern humans appeared about 50,000 years ago so its likely those spears were used by neanderthals.

[Sherman Logan]

And “they must have been awfully strong, far stronger than I am. Those spears are longer than I am.”

What?

As spears go, this is shortish. Much shorter and you've got a dart, not a spear.

[SunkenCiv]

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[GraceG]

Only 394,000 years before God created the Universe.....

[blam]

Stranger In A New Land

"Brawny, brainy, armed with cutting-edge technology--this was the hominid hero Hollywood would have cast in the role, a picture-perfect pioneer. Too perfect, it turns out. Over the past few years, researchers working at a site called Dmanisi in the Republic of Georgia have unearthed a trove of spectacularly well preserved human fossils, stone tools and animal remains dated to around 1.75 million years ago--nearly half a million years older than the 'Ubeidiya remains."

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

How do they know they weren’t fishing poles, barbecue spits, or poles in a carrying rig, or Clampett pot passers?

[Terriergal]

strong enough to kill them by throwing spears, perhaps ambushing herds that showed up for water. “There’s no question if you are hunting a group of horses coming along a lake, you must be strong.You have to plan it. You have to organize it,

Not to mention making the spears. 0.o

So, are we saying that humans appeared on the scene with more than an apelike intelligence?

I dunno, i just saw video of a guy killing an elk with a spear. (shrug) What do they mean by "strong"?

[wardaddy]

more evidence debunking convenient untruths and explaining things many wish weren’t so obvious

[mrsmith]

“chopping down an appropriate tree and stripping off the bark and branches, the ancient hunters carved the tip at the base of the trunk”

Sounds like a tent pole.

[wolfman23601]

I thought we all just left Africa 70,000 years ago...

[Ditter]

Just WOW! Speaking as a former artifact hunter, I would love to find something like this.

[SunkenCiv]

” some researchers have argued that such hunting didn’t truly begin until about 40,000 years ago”

Idiots, maybe.

[xp38]

I always knew this was a documentary

[Rainwave]

Anything carbon dated ‘pre-flood’ should be taken with a grain of salt.