1 posted on
12/12/2011 12:41:07 PM PST by
decimon
To: SunkenCiv
2 posted on
12/12/2011 12:42:23 PM PST by
decimon
To: decimon
I’ll chip in with a little scientific speculation. If 2% of the bones provided 60% of the calories, then, given the state of ice boxes as the time, homo erectus was done in by the consumption of massive amounts of rotting flesh! :)
Actually, more likely, they used the rotting carcasses as bait for the live stuff they did safely eat. If they didn’t have a strategy to deal with the mounds of rotting flesh, then they would have been inundated with vermin and insects; hardly a healthy environment.
To: decimon
The Disappearance of the Elephant Caused the Rise of Modern ManYeah, and the rise of ATMs lead to the mass extinction of employment in the USA.
4 posted on
12/12/2011 12:56:04 PM PST by
Obadiah
(Obama's America: His Own Private Venezuela)
To: decimon
“The Disappearance of the Elephant Caused the Rise of Modern Man”
If by
by “Disappearance” you mean decline or downfall,
by “Elephant” you mean Reagan republicans, and
by “Modern Man” you mean Godless 0bama progressives.
5 posted on
12/12/2011 12:59:19 PM PST by
Notwithstanding
(1998 ACU ratings: Newt=100%, Paul=88%, Santorum=84% [the last year all were in Congress])
To: decimon
elephants never dissappeared from africa or south east asia. sooo, what do we make of that?
To: decimon
This sets the stage for a new understanding of the human story, says Prof. Gopher. trying ... not ... to say ... the obvious ... grrrrr!
7 posted on
12/12/2011 1:04:39 PM PST by
frithguild
(Restricting access to capital - Liberalism: The sharpest tool of big business.)
To: decimon
I hope this wasn’t paid for with American taxes.
8 posted on
12/12/2011 1:08:24 PM PST by
meatloaf
(I've had it with recycling politicians in any way shape or form. Toss 'em out!)
To: decimon
If I recall correctly, there is fairly good evidence for Homo Erectus’ use of fire including the ability to make fire dating to 1.8 mil years ago. This is in Asia and Europe as well as the Middle East. Wouldn’t the lack of a major food source just prompt HE to move on to a better environment. The fact is that HE lived in many areas lacking elephants or mammoths. They adapted to other food sources quite well.
12 posted on
12/12/2011 1:29:02 PM PST by
JimSEA
(The future ain't what it used to be.)
To: decimon
The disappearance of my first wife was a blessing, too.
17 posted on
12/12/2011 2:34:46 PM PST by
BfloGuy
(The final outcome of the credit expansion is general impoverishment.)
To: decimon
And now we know why the Silent Mammoth Whistle was such a poor seller
18 posted on
12/12/2011 2:53:33 PM PST by
GonzoGOP
(There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
To: decimon
The elephant, a huge package of food that is easy to hunt,
All the best science appears first in Far Side!
19 posted on
12/12/2011 3:00:00 PM PST by
GonzoGOP
(There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
To: decimon
eh. what would be cool would be a wooly mammoth preserve
in Siberia.
20 posted on
12/12/2011 4:44:13 PM PST by
cycjec
To: decimon
Well who wants to rise up when there are elephants around?
24 posted on
12/12/2011 8:57:41 PM PST by
Beowulf9
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