Post by L Roebuck on Aug 6, 2008 6:59:43 GMT -5
Lazy cavemen preferred catching tortoises to sabre-toothed tigers
Cavemen who struggled to summon up the stamina for chasing sabre-toothed tigers turned their hand to hunting tortoises instead, newly-discovered fossils suggest.
Palaeontologists believe early humans roasted the creatures on the fire to rustle up an easy meal around 2.5 million years ago.
It follows the discovery of the remains of more than 500 tortoises in a cave in Spain.
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Cavemen who struggled to summon up the stamina for chasing sabre-toothed tigers turned their hand to hunting tortoises instead, newly-discovered fossils suggest.
Palaeontologists believe early humans roasted the creatures on the fire to rustle up an easy meal around 2.5 million years ago.
It follows the discovery of the remains of more than 500 tortoises in a cave in Spain.
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