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Left Digit Bias w/ Dr. Bapu Jena and Bird-Catching Neanderthals

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A team of spanish scientists tried to prove that neanderthals used technology when they hunted together. Scientists waited until sundown to sneak up on the birds in their roosts and dazzle them with a flashlight. After they were dazzled, it was easy for the scientists to capture them in a net or catch them mid-flight using their bare hands. A skilled hunting team could catch forty to 60 per night, which is enough to feed three individuals for a week. It would be a forty thousand year old gorme meal.

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