Early signs of elephant butchers

[sophiedb]

Bones and tusks dating back 400,000 years are the earliest signs in Britain of ancient humans butchering elephants for meat, say archaeologists.

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[sophiedb]

..a tribe of the early humans around at the time, known as Homo heidelbergensis..

Tribe? Tribe? *head!desk* Interesting on the teamwork for big game aspect, but.. gah.

[gentlemaitresse]

I'm new here, and not a student of anthropology, so please forgive my ignorance. But what is wrong with the word "tribe" as it is used here?

[sophiedb]

Just that Homo heidelbergensis is a species. Tribe would kind of work if they were all in one place, but it's unlikely :)

[gentlemaitresse]

Okay, but I got the impression he was talking about that particular tribe and that particular elephant. I understand what you're saying, though.

Thanks for taking the time to explain.

[rantipole6]

For some reason, this post is making me hungry.

[sweetseadragon]

I wonder what raw elephant tastes like.

[octi_stripe]

swarmed all over it and cut off the meat.

All I can think of are flies. Giant flies with human limbs.