Seems like there’s been a steady trickle of archaelogical evidence to suggest that cavemen weren’t pussies. Shouldn’t be too surprising I suppose. I’ve often wondered what people back then thought about.
Ironically, killing and eating a lion is a sign of not being pussies. ;’)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neanderthal#Pathology
[snip] Neanderthals seemed to suffer a high frequency of fractures, especially common on the ribs (Shanidar IV, La Chapelle-aux-Saints 1 ‘Old Man’), the femur (La Ferrassie 1), fibulae (La Ferrassie 2 and Tabun 1), spine (Kebara 2) and skull (Shanidar I, Krapina, Sala 1). These fractures are often healed and show little or no sign of infection, suggesting that injured individuals were cared for during times of incapacitation. It has been remarked that Neanderthals showed a frequency of such injuries comparable to that of modern rodeo professionals, showing frequent contact with large, combative mammals. The pattern of fractures, along with the absence of throwing weapons, suggests that they may have hunted by leaping onto their prey and stabbing or even wrestling it to the ground.