Martin Antonenko
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Bone evidence shows:
Early Britain humans lived horizontally underground
Leicester (Reuters) - Did not our ancestors descend from the trees as previously thought? British archaeologists made an astounding discovery last week when they unearthed the roughly 20,000-year-old corpse of a man. The anatomy and location of the body suggest that the people of the time lived underground, moving horizontally and looking like skeletons. Many books now need to be rewritten.
The amazing thing about the find in the middle of England is not even the age and perfect condition of the corpse, but it is the resulting evidence of the horizontal, underground everyday life of early humans: "Probably 'George' was digging for earthworms or roots through the loose soil when he fell victim to a pack of moles, "argues archaeologist Gordon White, who leads the excavations.
How exactly the early man moved underground, remains to be clarified. However, his slender skeletal stature should have been of great benefit.
Anthropologists are now discussing how evolutionarily meaningful life was when lying down. But many actually speak for it. For example, the researchers ascribe the then comparatively high birth rate to this circumstance. Because of the horizontal posture, people not only protected their joints, but were in principle willing to sexual intercourse at any time - a theory that would also explain the "stupid grin" of early man "George".
Whether "George" and his contemporaries slept lying, remains to be clarified.
Early Britain humans lived horizontally underground
Leicester (Reuters) - Did not our ancestors descend from the trees as previously thought? British archaeologists made an astounding discovery last week when they unearthed the roughly 20,000-year-old corpse of a man. The anatomy and location of the body suggest that the people of the time lived underground, moving horizontally and looking like skeletons. Many books now need to be rewritten.
The amazing thing about the find in the middle of England is not even the age and perfect condition of the corpse, but it is the resulting evidence of the horizontal, underground everyday life of early humans: "Probably 'George' was digging for earthworms or roots through the loose soil when he fell victim to a pack of moles, "argues archaeologist Gordon White, who leads the excavations.
How exactly the early man moved underground, remains to be clarified. However, his slender skeletal stature should have been of great benefit.
Further excavations show that the early humans lived in underground, earth-filled buildings
Anthropologists are now discussing how evolutionarily meaningful life was when lying down. But many actually speak for it. For example, the researchers ascribe the then comparatively high birth rate to this circumstance. Because of the horizontal posture, people not only protected their joints, but were in principle willing to sexual intercourse at any time - a theory that would also explain the "stupid grin" of early man "George".
Whether "George" and his contemporaries slept lying, remains to be clarified.
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