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Title: This Means War! Sites of ancient conflicts reignite a debate over when members of our species first took up arms against each other.
Post by: rangerrebew on April 16, 2017, 01:34:49 pm

 FROM THE APRIL 2017 ISSUE
This Means War!
Sites of ancient conflicts reignite a debate over when members of our species first took up arms against each other.
By Hillary Waterman
 
The skull, though weathered from millennia of brutal heat and scouring sands, is unmistakably human. Unmistakable, too, are the signs of a violent death: massive fractures from the blunt force of a weapon wielded by another human. The shattered cranium is one of several from a site in Kenya known as Nataruk, where, long ago, a band of hunter-gatherers met its end. Described in Nature in 2016, the remains are believed to be among the earliest evidence of human warfare. Although the terrain is ari...

http://discovermagazine.com/2017/april-2017/this-means-war

Title: Re: This Means War! Sites of ancient conflicts reignite a debate over when members of our species first took up arms against each other.
Post by: Cripplecreek on April 16, 2017, 01:42:10 pm

I'm guessing it started about the first time 2 neanderthals reached for the same last piece of mastodon roast.  22222frying pan

Title: Re: This Means War! Sites of ancient conflicts reignite a debate over when members of our species first took up arms against each other.
Post by: Fishrrman on April 17, 2017, 01:57:28 am

"Sites of ancient conflicts reignite a debate over when members of our species first took up arms against each other."

What about Cain picking up the rock to use against Abel?

That was pretty close to the beginnin'... ;)

Title: Re: This Means War! Sites of ancient conflicts reignite a debate over when members of our species first took up arms against each other.
Post by: DCPatriot on April 17, 2017, 02:40:00 am

Yawn.

Wake me up when they find a skeleton holding a ray gun.    :whistle:

Title: Re: This Means War! Sites of ancient conflicts reignite a debate over when members of our species first took up arms against each other.
Post by: 240B on April 17, 2017, 02:58:06 am

Quote from: Cripplecreek on April 16, 2017, 01:42:10 pm

I'm guessing it started about the first time 2 neanderthals reached for the same last piece of mastodon roast.  22222frying pan

I'm guessing it started about the first time 2 neanderthals reached for the same woman.

Title: Re: This Means War! Sites of ancient conflicts reignite a debate over when members of our species first took up arms against each other.
Post by: Smokin Joe on April 17, 2017, 04:13:41 am

Quote from: Cripplecreek on April 16, 2017, 01:42:10 pm

I'm guessing it started about the first time 2 neanderthals reached for the same last piece of mastodon roast.  22222frying pan

Not too long after this thing showed up:

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/53/African_monolith_2001.jpg/220px-African_monolith_2001.jpg)

Title: Re: This Means War! Sites of ancient conflicts reignite a debate over when members of our species first took up arms against each other.
Post by: Smokin Joe on April 17, 2017, 04:14:18 am

Quote from: Fishrrman on April 17, 2017, 01:57:28 am

"Sites of ancient conflicts reignite a debate over when members of our species first took up arms against each other."

What about Cain picking up the rock to use against Abel?

That was pretty close to the beginnin'... ;)

Documented, too.

Title: Re: This Means War! Sites of ancient conflicts reignite a debate over when members of our species first took up arms against each other.
Post by: thackney on April 17, 2017, 02:24:46 pm

Quote from: Smokin Joe on April 17, 2017, 04:13:41 am

Not too long after this thing showed up:

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/53/African_monolith_2001.jpg/220px-African_monolith_2001.jpg)

You beat me to it...