The Neandertal EnigmaFrayer'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
If muslims don't do it now, why would we think they did back then?
Germany's stone age cannibalismWhat can this bloodbath mean? The potsherds found among the human remains suggest it must have occurred over a period of no longer than 50 years. There is nothing to imply the victims were killed for food. Only under extreme conditions would 100 or so farmers have been able to overcome about 10 times their number. The archaeologists have therefore concluded that this was some form of ritual killing. In some cases the tops of skulls were arranged to form a nest, scattered with pottery fragments, broken adzes, jewellery made of shells, the paws and jawbones of dogs.
by Pierre Le Hir
March 25th, 2009
The Guardian
...Exocannibalism targets people outside the community: by eating a conquered enemy the aim was not so much to feed on their body as to make them disappear for ever, appropriating their strength, energy and valour. Endocannibalism, within a community, was a token of affection, the recognition of a bond that needed to be maintained.
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Conclusion:
1) There is not enough reliable evidence to jump to any conclusion.
2) We don’t really know what evidence is reliable.
This isn’t limited to pre-history. In current events from saline packs in boobs to DDT to global warming to whether food A is good or bad for you, we jump to conclusions with no basis in facts or logic.
He concluded that the scratches were likely made inadvertently by a researcher
Lots of error and misinterpretation. It happens. Science grows and corrects itself (hopefully). What bothers me is that whenever an opponent of evolutions states that there are "lots of error and misinterpretation" they get jumped on. The theory is solid as a rock! The evidence, on the other hand, may be open to some question.
A lot of this is supposition and conjecture, based on evidence which is not always as well understood as we might like.
Anytime you have a subsistence farming or hunter-gatherer lifestyle, starvation is just a few days away. Cannibalism occurs throughout these type populations although not necessarily ritualistic in nature.
It's both funny and sad how the obvious never occurs to leftists: the cuts are the result of battle. Modern academia refuses to believe in Darwin's Descent of Man: that modern humans evolved from tribal warfare. They can't accept that human means war maker. They struggle to explain what special evolutionary pressure drove humans to develop intelligence far in excess of that needed to find food and shelter, what killed off the Neanderthals, why unlike other animals, modern humans evolved so fast and so much the same, when the reason is obvious.