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"Discovery Files" Features from the National Science Foundation
"Primal Urges"
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THE DATING SCENE OF FIVE-THOUSAND, B-C--WELCOME TO THE CLUB... THE "DISCOVERY FILES": NEW ADVANCES IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, FROM THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION. WE'VE ALL SEEN SOME LOVE-STRUCK, CARTOON CAVEMAN BONKING A CUTE CAVEWOMAN OVER THE HEAD--AND DRAGGING HER, BY THE HAIR, INTO HIS CAVE. NEW FINDINGS IN A STUDY LED BY DURHAM UNIVERSITY SAY THAT IT WAS MORE LIKELY THAT ANOTHER, RIVAL CAVEMAN WOULD HAVE BEEN AT THE OTHER END OF THE WEAPON. ACCORDING TO THE STUDY, THE SUPPOSED "CAVEMAN'S CAVEMAN" WHO WOULD HAVE SET THE STANDARD FOR TRIBAL GUYS IN FIVE-THOUSAND, B-C, WOULD OFTEN FIND THE RIGHT WOMAN BY HELPING TO RAID ANOTHER TRIBE, GET RID OF THEIR MEN, AND STEAL THEIR WOMEN. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE SCENARIO REVEALED TO RESEARCHERS AFTER THEY TOOK A NEW LOOK AT SKELETAL REMAINS FROM AN ANCIENT MASS GRAVE UNEARTHED IN 19-80, IN SOUTHWESTERN GERMANY: USING ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES FROM THE TEETH--AND ANALYSIS OF THE SKULLS--THE SCIENTISTS WERE ABLE TO DETERMINE WHERE THEY LIVED, WHAT THEY ATE, AND PERHAPS WHY THEY DIED. THE ABSENCE OF FEMALE SKELETONS AMONG THE LOCAL POPULATION--ALONG WITH "STRIKINGLY" SIMILAR BLOWS TO THE HEADS OF THE MALES--SUGGEST THAT THE FEMALES WERE SPARED AND ABDUCTED AS SOMETHING OF VALUE. CAVEMEN FIGHTING OVER CAVEWOMEN: THE CLASSIC STORY OF LOVE--ON THE ROCKS. THE "DISCOVERY FILES" COVERS PROJECTS FUNDED BY THE GOVERNMENT'S NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION: FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH BROUGHT TO YOU BY YOU! LEARN MORE AT "N-S-F"-DOT-GOV--OR ON THEIR PODCAST.
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