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Scientists Have Cracked the Origins of ‘Desert Kites,’ Massive Prehistoric Patterns That Were Carved into the Middle East
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Scientists Have Cracked the Origins of 'Desert Kites,' Massive Prehistoric Patterns That Were Carved into the Middle Eastern Desert

“It is  politically-correct to say that primitive humans were conservationists and wildlife managers. This is a myth. As reported below, “Three recent peer-reviewed papers confirm popular hypotheses that the desert kites actually served as mass hunting traps, allowing early desert dwellers to kill entire herds of game at once. “In
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