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Re: Cancer in the Neolithic?
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I found this a very interesting read Cian, even though I am not familiar with the work of Steven Pinker. It seems he is saying that people with the similar world views i.e. left = non-violence/peace and right = aggression/force have superimposed those views onto prehistory.
What was going on at the Tomb of the Eagles I wonder ...
http://www.orkneyjar.com/archa[...]r-picture-of-neolithic-orkney/
There must have been violent individuals who beat their women and children for no better reason than they could - just as there are today. That doesn't answer the enigma of why the skulls found in the Tomb of the Eagles indicate they had all suffered violence either in death or in life before they died. Perhaps they were slaves/captives whose lives meant little to their captors.
Edit: Thinking about it, the slaves theory wouldn't sit with the apparent importance of the burial site so still a puzzle!!


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Posted by tjj
25th January 2017ce
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