On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, Mark Labbee wrote:

> Amadeus, one can always find evidence to support their position and ignore
> evidence that does not. In Protein Power Life Plan, there is a chapter on
> the excavations at Boxgrove, England and Atapuerca, Spain which provides
> strong evidence that homo errectus was an extremely skilled hunter as far
> back as 500,000 years ago.

The Atapuerca site, at any rate, appears to have been a pitfall
that was exploited by humans, rather than a testimony to their
hunting prowess.  See, for example,
http://www.med.abaco-mac.it/issue001/articles/doc/012.htm#Carnivore

I think the Boxgrove site is a better piece of evidence for
hunting expertise, however.

Todd Moody
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