Re: Venus figurines and Upper Paleolithic society

From: firstjois (firstjoisyike_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 07/22/04 

Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 08:22:43 -0400

Ray Audette wrote:
>> prionesse777@yahoo.com (Allegra H) wrote in message
>> news:<63caa9a4.0407020714.347b530c@posting.google.com>...
>>> I've read about Lewis Binford's contention that no serious hunting
>>> took place in Homo until the rise of anatomically modern humans, but
>>> it's a little hard to believe that our ancestors were not adept
>>> hunters 20,000-30,000 years ago. They appear to have possessed the
>>> technology (spear throwers to extend range for nonconfrontational
>>> and safer hunting) and intelligence to have contributed
>>> significantly to the extinction of megafauna during the last Ice
>>> Age. I'd love to hear what you think about this.
[snip]

Anatomically Modern Humans (AMH) *were* the hunters of 20,000-30,000 years
ago. Might be a good idea to see exactly what Binford said and when.
People who have been in the business for a very long period of time might
have changed and revised their opinions over and over again.

In the European areas the people preceeding AMH were Neanderthals and their
fossilized bones show injuries that indicated what might have been a very
close in style of large game hunting.

Jois

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