We haven't come all that far...................

.........................................in the last 7,000 years.

The History Blog posts evidence of an extremely old atrocity.

"What is particularly interesting is the level of violence. Not just the suppression of a rival community — if that is what it was — but the egregious and systematic breaking of the lower legs," said Scarre. "It suggests the use of terror tactics as part of this inter-community violence."