Page 1 of 1
I'd Walk A Mile For A Camel....
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 10:38 am
by Minimalist
http://apnews.excite.com/article/200610 ... DJSG4.html
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Hunters stalked giant camels as tall as some modern-day elephants in the Syrian desert tens of thousands of years ago and archaeologists behind the find are wondering where the camels came from and what caused them to die off.
The enormous beasts existed about 100,000 years ago and more of the bones, first discovered last year, have been found this year in the sands about 150 miles north of the capital, Damascus.
Le Tensorer said humanoid bones were discovered at a nearby site and stone tools used by early humans were found with the camel's bones, which are thought to be up to 100,000 years old.
So, obviously these were not HSS bones?
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 10:54 am
by marduk
So, obviously these were not HSS bones?
why
All people today are classified as Homo sapiens sapiens--i.e., the sapiens variety of the species Homo sapiens. They first began to appear 130,000 years ago or somewhat earlier in association with technologies not unlike those of the early Neandertals.
http://anthro.palomar.edu/homo2/mod_homo_4.htm
thats maybe all people today with a few exceptions
present company excepted
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 11:05 am
by Beagle
I think I posted a simlar article in Neanderthal DNA (or somewhere a few days ago) These bones show characteristics of both HNS and HSS. That is not new in the Levant area during this time period.
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 1:41 pm
by Beagle
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_ ... 881639B262
I found it in evolutionary news. Same thing - different article. The article describes the mixed hominid found nearby. This was at a time when HSS and HNS lived side by side for twenty thusand years. This time though, HSS disappeared.
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 1:45 pm
by Barracuda
Man, that one would have been a winner at the Camel fights!
In Turkey they had these huge pits they would fight male camels in, the way they fight pit bulls.
I was just a kid, and not supposed to go anywhere near the camel fights for several goods reasons, but I did sneak a look. What a nasty, bloody, mess!
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 1:47 pm
by Beagle
Camel Fights.
I guess I don't get out enough. That's a new one for me Barracuda. Thanks.
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 2:05 pm
by Barracuda
Here is a link to a story about modern day camel fighting in Turkey.
It sounds like the sport has been somewhat cleaned up for the tourists, but back in the day, I remember the Camels didn't wear muzzles, and fought in pits.
http://www.artemisguesthouse.com/selcuk ... stling.asp
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 5:39 pm
by Beagle
Thanks Barracuda. I learn something every day. I'd like to see PETA go protest that.
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 7:14 pm
by Minimalist
The animals' instinct is to knock each other down to win the right to available females.
Camel fighting thus sounds a bit like a frat party.