Comments on: Stone-Age Men Killed For Their Women

By: ted

ted — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:02:13 +0000

Cuimnhe, please don't put words in my mouth. This article says "they fought over women". It could have said "they fought over money", and you could just as easily say, "it's not the money; it's their desire for money". All I suggested was if they can guess that prehistoric men had their Helen of Troy, then possibly that Helen was consious of her power, and used it to her advantage. It happens today all the time. Has absolutely nothing to do with rape, as you seem to imply.

By: Jimbo

Jimbo — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:27:33 +0000

Keep in mind that the 7,000 years ago is just a guess. They have no true scientific way of telling the age.

By: DOJ

DOJ — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:10:06 +0000

shouldn't there be a language like "may have" or "possibly" in the article title?

By: Elagie

Elagie — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:04:23 +0000

There seems to be a vertiginous leap between the facts and the conclusion. Yes, women were often taken during raids since time immemorial -- to be raped, married, enslaved, or held hostage -- as part of the spoils of war, taken along with other items of value in the attacked village, town, or whatever.

It does not necessarily follow that "Stone Age Men Killed for their Women" as if this were the standard way of acquiring a mate. This is either sloppy journalism (not on Neatorama's part) or sloppy science.

By: cuimhne

cuimhne — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:04:11 +0000

Watch out ted...it sounds a bit like the "she's asking for it" school of thinking!

By: ted

ted — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:26:01 +0000

No, it's the women. They know what they're doing.

By: cuimhne

cuimhne — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:48:39 +0000

Don't really like the wording for this article. I've read the same story loads of places and none of them said it in quite this way. Anyway, it's the male's desire for the women, not the women themselves!

By: Ajan

Ajan — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:12:34 +0000

Beauty killed the beast...!!!

By: Sleestak

Sleestak — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:52:31 +0000

Not much has changed in 7,000 years.

By: Archbob

Archbob — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:39:09 +0000

Not that surprised, it is survival of the fittest right?

By: Neatoramawontsendmeapassword

Neatoramawontsendmeapassword — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 02:16:26 +0000

*sigh* It's our fault again, is it?