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Re:Sudden Neolithic population drop was the result of brutal... by mirimir on Friday June 01, 2018 @06:12PM (#17210913)
Also slavery, I bet. Standard practice for victors was killing all defeated adult males, and taking everyone else as slaves. Females got to breed as wives or prostitutes. Young males were sometimes castrated.
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Re:Sudden Neolithic population drop was the result of brutal... by 5DFractalTetris on Friday June 01, 2018 @10:37PM (#17212322)
I wonder what the competing groups were eating. Also a very standard practice to replace the Conquered's diet with that of the Conquerors.
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