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[AndyJWest]

Bones from a Cheddar Gorge cave show that cannibalism helped Britain's earliest settlers survive the ice age

There are those that suggest us Brits have changed little since...

[R_Target]

Everybody gets hungry. Whaleship Essex.

[Airmail109]

This bring a new meaning to the following quote lol.

"Don't talk like one of them. You're not! Even if you'd like to be. To them, you're just a freak, like me! They need you right now, but when they don't, they'll cast you out, like a leper! You see, their morals, their code, it's a bad joke. Dropped at the first sign of trouble. They're only as good as the world allows them to be. I'll show you. When the chips are down, these... these civilized people, they'll eat each other. See, I'm not a monster. I'm just ahead of the curve." The Joker in The Dark Knight

[Ba5tard5word]

Mmm, cheddar man.

[Pirschjaeger]

This proves football was played in Britain back at least 14,700 years ago and that media has replaced cannibalism.

How is it that we've become crueler?

[ploughman]

Well that's their reputation scuppered. They won't be able to host so much as a coffee morning now the news is out.

Long Pig. Gaaaar.

[Crazy_Goanna]

Interesting article that poses questions relevant to today on climate and its effects on the population
Vegetarians and vegans were not in a survival situation in those times
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Britain's icy desolation ended abruptly 14,700 years ago when there was a dramatic leap in temperatures across the globe according to ice-cores found in Greenland and lake sediments in Germany. In less than three years, temperatures had soared by around 6 to 7 degrees Celsius and ice sheets began a rapid retreat throughout the world.

Such a jump in temperature brought about an astonishing change in the world's weather patterns – though the underlying cause remains unclear, scientists admit. Suggestions include the proposal that variations in the orbit of the Earth around the Sun allowed more solar radiation to bathe the planet and so warm it up. It has also been proposed that there may have been a sudden eruption of carbon dioxide from the oceans. This helped trap heat from the sun in the atmosphere and so heat up the world.
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So therefore Climate change and global warming can redically modify/change the environment(same as is happenning now but on a slower scale at the present time!!)

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"Whatever the reason, it was good news in those days, because the world was so cold and so it heated up nicely. However, if a rise like that happened today it would be devastating," said Dr Tom Higham, deputy director of the Oxford radiocarbon unit. "The world would be scorched. That is one of the most important aspects of the story of the resettling of Britain."
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So the upshot is if we get into a scenario where the temperature suddenly freezes, (and the current global warming reverses severely) and food supplies run out you can always invite your lesser known friends over to participate in a BBQ where they are the main course--
The present supply of an abundance of overweight people around would make for a good food supply to get you all through 'the winter of our discontent'.
The story goes that humans taste like pork so keep a handy supply of apples on hand for a sauce to complement the dish!!

[Pirschjaeger]

I don't eat fat people. I've heard they're unhealthy.

[Friendly_flyer]

Interestingly, the oldest bonfire found in Norway (about the same age as the Cheddar Gorge Cave finds) had charred bones from a human and a dog in it. I have a brother who is an archaeologist who tells me these small tidbits. I envision a hunting trip to the first ice-free areas going really, really bad.

[AndyJWest]

Charred bones could be the remains of a cremation, F_f, though I'm not sure if there is any evidence of it being practised at that time. The clue to what was going on is usually the presence of butchering cut-marks, though even that doesn't actually provide conclusive proof of cannibalism - maybe they fed the corpse to the dogs...