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Ichingcarpenter

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9. Agreed but

Reply to LuvNewcastle (Reply #5)

Mon Nov 25, 2013, 09:49 AM

Nov 2013

I wish we had a dating of the bones which would
give a better understanding the environmental conditions which surrounded this to see how it might have happened either because of climate or culture or both.

We do know this has happened many time, for example, the Anasazi culture did cannibalism at the end due to environmental factors as did the Crashed football players did in the Andes to survive ..

All the fine young cannibals

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Grisly discovery in Spain reveals Neanderthal family was butchered and eaten [View all] Ichingcarpenter Nov 2013 OP

du rec. xchrom Nov 2013 #1

At least they were free-range Neanderthals. n/t Silent3 Nov 2013 #2

For the win... macabre dark humour Ichingcarpenter Nov 2013 #3

Neanderthal Tongue mmmmmm! Botany Nov 2013 #4

I would have thought fava beans and a nice Chianti! stevenleser Nov 2013 #13

Modern humans can't really judge the Neanderthals. LuvNewcastle Nov 2013 #5

I agree...........nt Enthusiast Nov 2013 #6

Agreed but Ichingcarpenter Nov 2013 #9

The Aztecs practiced it, and it seems to have been a cultural thing LuvNewcastle Nov 2013 #12

One idea is that the Aztecs used cannibalism as a terror weapon. We will kill you and eat you. dimbear Nov 2013 #17

Do not confuse Spanish propaganda and lies with facts. Coyotl Nov 2013 #20

"Anasazi culture did cannibalism at the end due to environmental factors" kristopher Nov 2013 #18

That is NOT correct. Coyotl Nov 2013 #19

You're responding to the wrong post perhaps? kristopher Nov 2013 #21

I realized the context. Coyotl Nov 2013 #22

At four different sites but it is contested on who Ichingcarpenter Nov 2013 #24

Benghazi Katashi_itto Nov 2013 #7

One must have escaped PeoViejo Nov 2013 #8

Wow, JimboBillyBubbaBob Nov 2013 #11

I love these threads with Thanksgiving menu ideas. n/t A Simple Game Nov 2013 #10

I wonder if they taste like monkey. Coyotl Nov 2013 #23

I doesn't matter if you have enough barbecue sauce. n/t A Simple Game Nov 2013 #25

First settlers in Jamestown warrior1 Nov 2013 #14

You. Do. Not. F#&*. With. The. Homo. Sapiens-Sapiens. Okay? DeSwiss Nov 2013 #15

Except humans weren't around then. Ichingcarpenter Nov 2013 #16