Comments on: Humans Cared for “Special-Needs” Kids 500,000 Years Ago, Say Researchers

By: Kids Search

Kids Search — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:19:42 +0000

This is really interesting. Thanks for the sharing.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:34:23 +0000

Thank heavens they weren’t like the Spartans, who jut left their weak & disabled out on rocks & riverbanks at the mercy of the elements to die.
Abundant evidence has been found that ” primitive ” man was capable of great acts of kindness towards the disabled. Could this have affected the prehistoric gene pool ?

I myself am disabled & can relate.

By: Chubbee

Chubbee — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:29:22 +0000

So when is it your turn in the pot, BooBoo?

By: BooBoo

BooBoo — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 02:34:52 +0000

those bluegum babboons only raised their retards up until they were big enough to make a nice stew out of. Then they ate them.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:47:56 +0000

Some cultures (or familes) might have cared for deformed or improperly developed loved ones, but still, many did not and those with afflictions were destroyed.

I don’t think this example is too compeling, as tribes in various regions would purposely deform their skulls.

By: Chris Niemann

Chris Niemann — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:17:43 +0000

This article is quite interesting. It changes a long held belief that I have had. It’s really neat to know that as far back as a million years, family ties were so strong.

Thanks, Discover