8 Prehistoric Punishments Too Brutal For The Modern World
Caveman Jimmy
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8 Prehistoric Punishments Too Brutal For The Modern World
In communities scattered across prehistoric sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Southeast Asia, execution did not require a blade, a weapon, or even a willing executioner. It required a rope, an open space, and patience. The condemned was not killed by the community. They were simply placed where something else would finish the work. Archaeological evidence recovered from sites near South Africa's Cradle of Humankind, including the Sterkfontein cave system, shows skeletal remains bearing the unmistakable signature of large carnivore predation, with trauma patterns that paleoanthropologist Lee Berger of the University of the Witwatersrand has linked to deliberate human placement rather than natural death.
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8 Prehistoric Punishments Too Brutal For The Modern World
Caveman Jimmy
1,290 views
8 Prehistoric Punishments Too Brutal For The Modern World
In communities scattered across prehistoric sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Southeast Asia, execution did not require a blade, a weapon, or even a willing executioner. It required a rope, an open space, and patience. The condemned was not killed by the community. They were simply placed where something else would finish the work. Archaeological evidence recovered from sites near South Africa's Cradle of Humankind, including the Sterkfontein cave system, shows skeletal remains bearing the unmistakable signature of large carnivore predation, with trauma patterns that paleoanthropologist Lee Berger of the University of the Witwatersrand has linked to deliberate human placement rather than natural death.