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2009-07-22 Iraq

Human Stabbed a Neanderthal, Evidence Suggests

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Posted by gorb 2009-07-22 10:37|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 As for the spear, since modern humans had developed projectile hunting weapons and Neanderthals hadn't, the researchers deduced the probable suspect - a modern human.

Or it could have been one of the earliest R&D failures when trying to ~~steal~~ copy the human design. It's not like, say, the Chinese having a hard time copying modern jet engine technology. Then again, it could have been a Quality Assurance test on the same device. Ugh was just the earliest test dummy. It's all speculation.

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-07-22 10:58|| 2009-07-22 10:58|| Front Page Top

#2 Sepsis, or peritonitis, is pretty quick, just a few days. The wounds tend to look like they are healing, then suddenly there is a severe fever and they die.

Oddly enough, .22 rounds are notorious for peritonitis, as they tend to nick internal organs just enough. So unlike other bullet wounds, for an abdominal shot, they will start to pump you full of antibiotics.

Posted by Anonymoose 2009-07-22 17:25|| 2009-07-22 17:25|| Front Page Top

#3 I wonder if they were the basis of the Giants, and Ogres in Fiction?

Sounds plausible to me. They fit the description nicely.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2009-07-22 17:35|| 2009-07-22 17:35|| Front Page Top

#4 I'm waiting for the 'One' to apologize for this, too.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2009-07-22 18:50|| 2009-07-22 18:50|| Front Page Top

#5 "Judging by events today, they apparently didn't get all of them."

Snark o' the Day™ leader! :-D

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2009-07-22 18:53|| 2009-07-22 18:53|| Front Page Top

#6 HMMMMM, HMMMMM, wehell, ala the infamous CA BIGFOOT = PETERSON FILM Photo, perhaps a sub-specia? of NEANDERTHALS regressed backwards towards [proto]SIMIANISM. IMO the alleged so-called "FEMALE BIGFOOT/SASQUATCH" [breasts?] in the film does bear certain physical similarites or aesthetics wid mainstream, historical Neanderthal images = stereotypes.

Posted by JosephMendiola">JosephMendiola 2009-07-22 19:13|| NA]">[NA] 2009-07-22 19:13|| Front Page Top

#7 Which was the shia and which th sunni? Or were sufis involved too?

Posted by Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division 2009-07-22 22:11|| 2009-07-22 22:11|| Front Page Top

#8 Nice to know I'm not the only one who hates that stupid Geico commerical.

Spear Target Dummy - so simple even a caveman can do it!

Posted by CrazyFool 2009-07-22 22:47|| 2009-07-22 22:47|| Front Page Top

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