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In reply to the discussion: Hunters used stone-tipped spears 200,000 years earlier than previously thought [View all]PavePusher
(15,374 posts)30. Hook, line and sinker....
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Hunters used stone-tipped spears 200,000 years earlier than previously thought [View all]
highplainsdem
Nov 2012
OP
While the first fossil find was over a century ago, near Heidelberg (unsurprisingly)
muriel_volestrangler
Nov 2012
#42
When stone-tipped weapons are outlawed, only outlaws will have stone-tipped weapons.
slackmaster
Nov 2012
#17
Hundreds of thousands of years, eh? Today's defense contractors don't have anything on those guys
MrScorpio
Nov 2012
#4
Breaking news! Only half a million years old! Just kidding. Gotta start somewhere!
freshwest
Nov 2012
#5
How can this be? A mere 6,000 years ago we were just talking to snakes and eating apples. nt
NorthCarolina
Nov 2012
#15
Impossible. The human body is incapable of fully digesting meat. Hunting has never been...
slackmaster
Nov 2012
#16
So have a look at the dentition of our friendly vegan cousin, the gorilla:
Jackpine Radical
Nov 2012
#27
Humans are omnivores. They can and do eat pretty much whatever comes along,
kestrel91316
Nov 2012
#29
I was just joining the anti-pseudoscience bandwagon by lampooning a bizarre belief system.
slackmaster
Nov 2012
#41
It's a quick rip from hunter-gathering communities to the government forcing us...
LanternWaste
Nov 2012
#44
It's all fun and games until dietary "suggestions" from government become official policy
slackmaster
Nov 2012
#45