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In reply to the discussion: Hunters used stone-tipped spears 200,000 years earlier than previously thought [View all]okasha
(11,573 posts)31. Speaking of canine teeth,
open your mouth and run your index finger over the bulges just above your own. That huge root is the vestigal remnant of much larger canine teeth in human ancestors. Our canine teeth got smaller not because we became largely vegetarian but because tool making obviated the necessity to penetrate the fur and skin of prey animals--including, btw, our conspecific hominids.
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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