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[deckardcanine]

A leading fossil expert claims to have solved the mystery of the disappearance of Neanderthals 30,000 years ago, the (U.K.) Guardian reported Sunday. Fernando Rozzi, of Paris's Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, said modern humans ate the species, basing his opinion on the study of a Neanderthal jawbone apparently destroyed by humans. The butchery was similar to the way the humans ate deer, Rozzi said. "Neanderthals met a violent death at our hands, and in some cases we ate them," he said.

I can believe it, but I'd like more evidence than a single jawbone to suggest that it happened more than once. Maybe we just stumbled on a Cro-Magnon Hannibal Lecter's victim.

Also, I rather wish Rozzi hadn't chosen the first person plural. He and his listeners are not their ancestors from 30,000 years ago. We should not feel guilty for their behavior, however disturbing. Even feeling kinship with them is pretty awkward. (This may sound odd coming from a self-described Christian, but, well, I'm only so traditional.)

Of course, that raises the question of why we should care about it at all. No wonder Rozzi chose those words: he wanted to keep getting funds by making his theory sound relevant.

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[nefaria.livejournal.com]

On a loosely related note, I just got an email from Dell and Alienware with encrypted text. Once I signed up for their gaming email newsletter, the text unencrypted and showed a countdown timer. It's 11 days, 14 hours, and a few minutes/seconds until Armageddon. I guess that quote in the Bible about "you know neither the day nor the hour" was incorrect.

[deckardcanine.livejournal.com]

They must be planning to bring it about if they're that certain. I mean, 5/30/2009 doesn't have a ring to it like 1/1/2000.

We already knew that Dell was dastardly.