Wickedness of the Pre-flood World - Noah's Ark & Early Man Seminars

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Mendez 4Cannibalism has been found at many Neanderthal and Homo erectus sites. Cannibalism was oneof the attributes of a fallen society. Bear in mind that even though there are few sites that havecannibalistic evidence the number of total sites excavated is not very large. This statisticallyshows that cannibalism was a widespread practice. Even though not all fossil men werecannibals, the fossil evidence indicates that many were cannibals.Dietary Habits of Early ManAnother manner in which early man was corrupted was in his dietary intake. The Bible indicatesthat certain foods were not fit for human consumption. They are outlined in various places in thescriptures, including; Leviticus 11:1-23, Deuteronomy 14:3-21, Acts 10:11-14, Acts 11:5-8, Acts15:29, and many others. The basic premise behind these scriptures is that land animals that donot chew the cud and do not have split hooves are not to be eaten. These animals wereconsidered unclean. Animals that chew the cud and have split hooves were considered clean andthey were allowed for human food. These dietary laws have existed since before the flood asevidenced when Noah was commanded to bring the clean animals into the ark by sevens, andunclean animal only by twos.Genesis 7:1-2 The Lord said to Noah, "Come into the ark, you and all your household, because I have seenthat you are righteous before Me in this generation. You shall take with you seven each of every cleananimal, a male and his female, two each of animals that are unclean, a male and his female. Also seveneach of birds of the air, male and female, to keep the species alive on the face of all the earth."Also the ingestion of blood in any form was not permitted, whether from a clean or uncleananimal.Genesis 9:"But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is its blood."The fossil record of early man indicates that not only was cannibalism common but also that menwere eating mainly unclean animals. This eating of unclean foods would affect the bonestructure of some of the early specimens of fossil men that have been unearthed. This bonestructure would be evident in the fossil record. Considering that the Biblical record indicates thatearly man lived for long periods of time, the effects of this diet would be compounded forhundreds of years.Since society at this time was rebellious toward God and was rapidly sliding into depravity thefood laws of God would not have been observed. Below are a few examples of the improperfoods that humanity was eating, and some of the physical effects this diet would have on humanmorphology.The Eating of BloodThe eating of blood, human and animal, was a widespread practice. The fossil record fromvarious Neanderthal, Homo erectus, and early Homo sapiens (Cro-Magnon man) fossil sites isvery interesting. Many of the human and animal bones show signs of having been broken open.They would be broken open in order to extract the marrow. Marrow is a fatty high-energysubstance rich in blood cells. The bones were broken open by being placed on a large anvil
Mendez 5stone and then being hit with a smaller hand held stone called a hammer. This hammer and anvilmethod would leave telltale signs on the bones. Also the bones would fragment in certainpredictable patterns. Both of these skeletal clues show that the opening of bones for theextraction of marrow was a common practice.The bones from Krapina are numerous but badly fragmented…(features include) fragmentation, cut marks,and bone splitting (2).The bones—78 pieces identified as belonging to at least six humans and almost 400 fragments attributed toother mammals—were scattered over 20 square meters. All the braincases and long bones of both deer andhumans were smashed open, presumably to allow brains and marrow to be extracted. "In both taxa,marrow bones were systemically broken, and bones without marrow were not damaged," say Defleur.Analysis of three pieces of a large thigh bone showed how, after its muscles were sliced away, it was set onan anvil stone and hit repeatedly with another stone. Telltale striations mark the bone's outer surface on theanvil side directly opposite "percussion pits" made by the hammer stone (5).The eating of human brains would have catastrophic effects on the morphology of humans.Human brains have a high percentage of endocrine chemicals and hormones. The human brainalso houses the pituitary gland. The pituitary gland is a hormonal power plant. Many of thehormones manufactured by the pituitary gland regulate the growth of the skeleton. A deficiencyor overproduction of these hormones in modern man produces dwarfism or gigantism. Thesehormones would affect the physical growth of humans that ingested them. These abnormalgrowth patterns would include fetal malformations, malformed skeletal structure and bonegrowth, mental retardation and a whole host of other degenerative conditions (6).The Eating of Unclean AnimalsIn many of the early man sites various mammalian bones have been unearthed with the humanfossils. Michael H. Day (2) catalogues many of these instances. The majority of the animalsuncovered with early man indicate that his diet consisted mainly of unclean animals. Many ofthese animals were predators and scavengers. Below is a listing of just a few of the sites and theassociated mammals. The unclean animals have been underlined.From the La Ferrassie, France site where the Neanderthal La Ferrassie I Skull was excavated in1909.The first mammalian bones recovered from the same deposit include those of mammoth (Mammuthusprimigenius), hyena (Crocuta crocuta), pig (Sus sp.), ox (Bos sp.). red deer (Cervus elaphus) and horse(Equus sp.).From the Les Eyzies, France site where the Cro-Magnon Remains were excavated in 1868.With the skeleton were numerous flint tools of Aurignacian manufacture, and large numbers of sea shells,some of which were pierced. The fossil bones of mammals recovered from the site included reindeer(Rangifer tarandus), bison (Bison priscus), mammoth (Mammuthus primgenius) and horse (Equus sp.).From the German site in Bilzingsleben where H. erectus specimens were found in the 1970's.
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