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Post #AwbHYwxqVWmX5s7e6a by [email protected] |
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So they found a 125,000 yr old Neanderthal fat rendering plant & I have tho… |
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Post #AwbHYx6hyZs3XMGiv2 by [email protected] |
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Jokes aside, this place tells us:-Large-scale food processing is ~100K+ yrs old… |
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Post #AwbHYxE9WtpFuRkfWS by [email protected] |
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I love this because when we think of "how ancient people got their food,&q… |
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Post #AwbHYxLF6XUsGR4KZc by [email protected] |
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If you're hunting large animals to stay alive, instead of just for recreati… |
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Post #AwbHYxTOcE1EfisqHY by [email protected] |
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Smashing bones is lots of work! So why do it?I'm not an archaeologist, but … |
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Post #AwbHYxa8DBPH0c2DmS by [email protected] |
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We have this idea that tasty, calorie-dense "convenience food" is mod… |
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Post #AwbHYxgVpSVjKP1Jj6 by [email protected] |
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Fish & meat? Gotta smoke 'em.Acorns? Pound them into powder, put them i… |
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Post #AwbHYxmtRjcBeC0Pfk by [email protected] |
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Think about it: for hunter-gatherers, food availability was spotty.And they wer… |
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Post #AwbHYxtd2h0Dz59nAe by [email protected] |
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Now let's talk scale!They found the remains of 172+ animals at this site. U… |
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Post #AwbHYy0icKfqL4TSDo by [email protected] |
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The bones here are skewed towards the fatty ones, so it doesn't look like t… |
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Post #AwbHYy7SDI3sfxcpii by [email protected] |
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Anyway, to do rendering you break bones down into bits. Slice up skin & oth… |
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Post #AwbHYyDppZAKzkbvfM by [email protected] |
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Neanderthals didn't do pottery (as far as we know so far). But you can heat… |
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Post #AwbHYyLHNt7XMq5sGm by [email protected] |
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Rendering fat is a lot of work. Breaking down bones- but also tending fires, sh… |
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Post #AwbHYySiwD4jjvZosC by [email protected] |
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We've found a lot of Neanderthals who got serious injuries, healed because … |
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Post #AwbHYyZoVqkM5utTvM by [email protected] |
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@sarahtaber Must have had better health insurance than H. sapiens gets today in… |
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Post #AwbHYyxZ5XkHHa0Rwe by [email protected] |
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One of the things people find remarkable about that is "Wow they must have… |
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Post #AwbHYzRhHVqen26Vua by [email protected] |
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Someone who was pretty beat up like Shanidar I could probably still tend fires,… |
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Post #AwbHZ03d0UBogfqo2C by [email protected] |
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To take it back to food logistics though, I think we just get really preoccupie… |
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Post #AwbHZ0Zt4XzgIiwZJg by [email protected] |
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I kinda disagree with one of the paper's big conclusions. "These Neand… |
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Post #AwbHZ141GW63oB2dHc by [email protected] |
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That doesn't sound right?The paper describes the campsite as being surround… |
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Post #AwbHZ1lGfigvyJHAh6 by [email protected] |
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There were also multiple stashes of mammoth ivory around the campsite.Lots of f… |
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Post #AwbHZ2EKvdwZQSsO0G by [email protected] |
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So "pounding up bones to get fat" looks less like a survival thing. F… |
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Post #AwbHZ2jt2LBH0JdaBE by [email protected] |
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I also really like to steer clear of "This ancient people did this thing w… |
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Post #AwbHZ3EjBfqoXy4DFg by [email protected] |
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It's kinda like saying "grizzly bears eat the eggs from salmon & l… |
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Post #AwbHZ3lLEPwGB7KG5Q by [email protected] |
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Craving fat, sugar, & salt are survival instincts. It motivates critters to… |
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Post #AwbHZ4Ncw4Z05rEplI by [email protected] |
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We're so afraid of food & pleasure that we can look at Neanderthals who… |
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Post #AwbHZ4rP9MNnaDAcAy by [email protected] |
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whoops. food processing thread turned into philosophy againAnyway, this is just… |
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Post #AwbHZ5849Pi6Psxv96 by [email protected] |
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And that's a good thing to keep in mind right now!Because we're getting… |
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Post #AwbHZ5P589JzGevVfU by [email protected] |
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Meanwhile ancient humans & their real life "paleo diet" was all a… |
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Post #AwbMbEnLgSwkkE7erY by [email protected] |
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@sarahtaber He went by the name "Lucky," right? Just kidding. It'… |
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Post #AwbVl2gUSt3rfRfGiG by [email protected] |
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@sarahtaber like the whole Everything is a Religious Artifact because nobody wo… |
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Post #AwbVl2ms5AAJzEeMeu by [email protected] |
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@darwinwoodka @sarahtaber “We have no idea what it is so it must be ceremonia… |
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Post #AwbYUNr8nMu2GoOWRM by [email protected] |
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@sarahtaber I bet hazelnut/acorn cakes are much better with some added mammoth … |
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Post #AwbnEsSQkbgrrFttDc by [email protected] |
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@sarahtaber I read the paper because it explained something that I've been … |
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Post #AwbnEsaaGIDEGXiOvY by [email protected] |
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@sarahtaber In that part of the world, there are no nuts or acorns. Animal fat … |
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Post #AwbnEsiNnIS0ejMd5E by [email protected] |
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@sarahtaber They say that it tastes good -- something I find hard to agree with… |
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Post #AwbnEspTMw7d0igI8O by [email protected] |
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@sarahtaber So back to the Neanderthals, who were fortunate enough to live in a… |
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Post #AwbnEsvqzDE5KVfO52 by [email protected] |
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@transitionalaspectExactly right, natural selection has given those humans the … |
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Post #Awbnwq1PAVoX2qDnYe by [email protected] |
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@transitionalaspect @sarahtaber One of the things we should take into account i… |
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Post #Awbnwq88lTCZNjNB3Y by [email protected] |
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@GhostOnTheHalfShell @transitionalaspect @sarahtaber The Leiden team involved w… |
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Post #AwcKzAJVzV6L2vPTFY by [email protected] |
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@RadicalAnthro @transitionalaspect @sarahtaber Right now, I am in this sort of … |
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Post #AwcKzASjRETRVVipcG by [email protected] |
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cool thread :)I can imagine that keeping older and disabled people alive wouldh… |
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Post #AwcKzAZT2BrTqOsD7A by [email protected] |
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@pkw @RadicalAnthro @transitionalaspect @sarahtaber Considering the many exampl… |
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Post #AwcKzAfUfmgM95h1VY by [email protected] |
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@GhostOnTheHalfShell @pkw @transitionalaspect @sarahtaber Pulling down a 'm… |
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Post #AwcRayQREtd0u83lYW by [email protected] |
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@RadicalAnthro funny enough, I think that’s the point @sarahtaber set out to … |
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Post #AwcRayWorAjTDv2rVA by [email protected] |
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@transitionalaspect @sarahtaber It's quite interesting that we Western diet… |
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Post #AwcuUToh1hf8uEf0eu by [email protected] |
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@transitionalaspect @sarahtaber Ah, Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo -- big expert -- … |
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Post #Awd3l70Zyn6ug5E3xA by [email protected] |
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@sarahtaber True, but we haven't change. We are still the best. |
