Re: News: Cave record of Britain's pioneers.

On 18 July, 18:23, Desertphile <desertph...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
On Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:23:20 GMT, Ye Old One <use...@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8151524.stm
New radiocarbon dates on bones from Gough's Cave show people were
living there some 14,700 years ago.

Impossible! State senator Allen syas Earthj is only 6,000 years
old. The BBS must have gotten their number wrong.

In the 1980s, excavations uncovered accumulations of human and animal
bones and artefacts that appeared to be much older even than Cheddar
Man. The discoveries caused a sensation when it was realised many
human remains bore a pattern of cut marks compatible with cannibalism.

It just cracks me up that "Cheddar Man" was a cannibal.

But I'm sure he always rounded off his dinner with cheese and
biscuits.

--
Mike.

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