UM-Bot Posted April 7, 2020 #1 Share Posted April 7, 2020 Scientists have analyzed genetic material from a tooth of an ancient human ancestor that lived 800,000 years ago. https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/336146/cannibal-tooth-yields-oldest-ever-human-dna 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHaYap Posted April 7, 2020 #2 Share Posted April 7, 2020 Nom nomm nom... Yummy yum yumm ~ 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted April 7, 2020 #3 Share Posted April 7, 2020 2 hours ago, UM-Bot said: Scientists have analyzed genetic material from a tooth of an ancient human ancestor species that lived 800,000 years ago. Is how the article explains it and if they were cannibals, it was probably a major contributor towards them dying out. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHaYap Posted April 7, 2020 #4 Share Posted April 7, 2020 Or maybe there was a violent encounter and all they had was hands, feet and teeth... ~ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted April 7, 2020 #5 Share Posted April 7, 2020 1 minute ago, third_eye said: Or maybe there was a violent encounter and all they had was hands, feet and teeth... ~ Very doubtful. Our mutual ancestor, Homo Erectus used spears. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHaYap Posted April 7, 2020 #6 Share Posted April 7, 2020 16 minutes ago, Piney said: Very doubtful. Our mutual ancestor, Homo Erectus used spears. Still... I don't believe they'll stop and time out if spears were unavailable... ~ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nnicolette Posted April 7, 2020 #7 Share Posted April 7, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, third_eye said: Or maybe there was a violent encounter and all they had was hands, feet and teeth... ~ I think they are inferring that the way the bones were cut and fragmented suggested haven been eaten by each other. Edited April 7, 2020 by Nnicolette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHaYap Posted April 7, 2020 #8 Share Posted April 7, 2020 38 minutes ago, Nnicolette said: I think they are inferring that the way the bones were cut and fragmented suggested haven been eaten by each other. There's this little odd tradition of keeping tokens of revered kindred that is beginning to surface from studies of ancient burials found so far. All I am thinking and still believing is cannibalism looks more to me like a collapse of a social system than at the start of social structuring. Early days yet and still longer days ahead for anything conclusive either way, just a personal question, not saying I'm smarter than the experts. ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted April 7, 2020 #9 Share Posted April 7, 2020 I hope they did a filling afterwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artaxerxes Posted April 8, 2020 #10 Share Posted April 8, 2020 If you are starving you'll eat anything. Just saying? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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