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Vogon_Glory

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1. Our species has gotten much better at mass killings

Reply to JHan (Original post)

Wed Oct 4, 2017, 10:18 PM

Oct 2017

Mr. Paddock wouldn't have been able to rack up nearly such an impressive body count if he'd had to make do with a flaked stone hand axe like our Homo erectus forebears used.

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Mass Killings: An Evolutionary Perspective. [View all] JHan Oct 2017 OP

Our species has gotten much better at mass killings Vogon_Glory Oct 2017 #1

more lethal weaponry amplifies it for sure. JHan Oct 2017 #4

Consider the horror ... GeorgeGist Oct 2017 #2

that too, but moreso... JHan Oct 2017 #3