BHR-146

Brit-Am Historical Reports

(6 January, 2019, 1 Shevat, 5778)

Contents:
1. Mapping German Anti-Semitism by Asya Pereltsvaig
2. Trepination by Joe Zias
3. List of Giant Animals in Ancient Times
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1. Mapping German Anti-Semitism
by Asya Pereltsvaig
https://www.languagesoftheworld.info/geography/mapping-german-anti-semitism.html
In a series of 'cultural economy' studies, German scholars Nico Voigtlander and Hans-Joachim Voth set out to map and explain spatial patterns in the distribution of anti-Semitic attitudes in Germany. The data in Voigtlander and Voth's study comes from the German Social Survey (ALLBUS) that examined attitudes towards Jews.
The first finding is the persistence of regional patterns: deep-rooted historical attitudes, expressed through voting results for anti-Semitic parties in the late Imperial period (1890-1912), votes for the Nazi Party in the 1920s, and votes for the Nazis in the 1930s, closely correlate with the prevalence of anti-Jewish views held in various districts today. In a different study, the same authors have shown that 'the long shadow of the past' is even longer than that: towns that murdered their Jews during the Black Death (1348-1350) were also much more likely to commit violence or engage in anti-Semitic acts in interwar Germany, nearly 600 years later, suggesting that racial hatred can persist over centuries. This is particularly surprising because Germany experienced massive population movements, even if we consider only the 1940s and 1950s: refugees from cities fled the bombing first, then the Eastern expellees flooded into West Germany, and then GDR residents escaped from Communist rule (until the building of the Wall).

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2. Trepination by Joe Zias
[ANE-2] Digest Number 3520
RE
Skull surgery in archaeological contexts. Some well known ones are from Jericho and Lachish. This is a bit of a general review for those interested.
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160826-why-our-ancestors-drilled-holes-in-each-others-skulls
"Joe Zias" joezias
Extracts:
.... no region in the Old World has produced more trepanned crania than here in the ancient Near East. Moreover we've been able to convincingly show, that the operation was, on occasion carried out during the Charlothic period in Jericho, for medical reasons. Individual had a infected frontal sinus which burst into the intracranial wall causing a serious infection. On three different occasions, two of which he survived, were carried out to drain the infected area. On the third try, the individual succumbed to the infection. Lastly, cranial surgery of this type was not brain surgery, but skull surgery and very successful until dr's began operating on the patient is hospitals whereas the survival rate was virtually none, owning to infections, acquired within the hospitals and failure for medical staff to understand bacterial cause infections. It was akin to being in a petri dish.
For intracranial bleeding due to head trauma and the pressure building up, one can and could do it with a Black and Decker, just be careful. On a world wide scale nearly everyone survived and those that died may have died due to other underlying causes in which nothing could have prevented their death. I think they were aware of this thousands of yrs ago. Joe Zias
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3. List of Giant Animals in Ancient Times
Note:
In our work "David and Bath Sheva"
http://www.britam.org/david.html
we have several chapters dealing with giants.

The list below mentions animals and insects for which giant versions of themselves once existed. if such was the case for animals why not humans as well?

Ancient Gigantic Versions of Modern Animals
What are some of the coolest animals that have gone extinct?
Gary Meaney, animal lover and carnivore zoologist

One thing I've always thought is fascinating, and amusing, about prehistory is that there always seems to be an animal bigger than its modern relative. If it exists, there's a giant extinct version.

Here's a list of my favourites.
[The article shows pictures of the following giant aniamls}

Pachycrocuta, the giant hyena.....
Viverra leakeyi, the giant civet:

Cryptoprocta spelaea, the giant fossa (right):

Acinonyx pardinensis, the giant cheetah:

Enhydriodon, the giant otter:

Eomellivora, the giant honey badger:

Ferinestrix, the giant badger:

Plesiogulo, the giant wolverine:

Megalictis, the giant weasel:

Chapalmania, the giant raccoon:

Simocyon, the giant red panda:

Arctodus, the giant bear:

Epicyon, the giant dog:

Desmodus, the giant vampire bat:

Gigantopithecus, the giant orangutan:

Dinopithecus, the giant baboon:

Theropithecus oswaldi, the giant gelada:

Paradolichopithecus, the giant macaque:

Cartelles, the giant spider monkey:

Archaeoindris, the giant lemur:

Josephoartigasia, the giant capybara:

Castoroides, the giant beaver:

Nuralagus, the giant rabbit:

Equus giganteus, the giant horse:

Paraceratherium, the giant rhino:

Kubanochoerus, the giant pig:

Hippopotamus gorgops, the giant hippo:

Haborophocaena, the giant porpoise:

Megatherium, the giant sloth:

Doedicurus, the giant armadillo:

Paleoloxodon, the giant elephant:

Steller's sea cow, the giant dugong:

Prohyrax, the giant hyrax:

Procoptodon, the giant kangaroo:

Diprotodon, the giant wombat:

Zaglossus hacketii, the giant echidna:

Sarcosuchus, the giant crocodile:

Stupendemys, the giant turtle:

Meiolania, the giant tortoise:

Titanoboa, the giant snake:

Paleophis, the giant sea snake:

Varanus priscus (Megalania), the giant lizard:

Cnemiornis, the giant goose:

Sylviornis, the giant chicken (Ignore the happy birthday I guess, unless it's your birthday.)

Dromornis, the giant duck:

Harpagornis, the giant eagle:

Argentavis, the giant condor:

Ornimegalonyx, the giant owl:

Caracara tellustris, the giant caracara:

Leptoptilos robustus, the giant marabou stork:

Beelzebufo, the giant frog:

Leedsicthys, the giant fish:

Carcharocles, the giant shark:

Alopias grandis, the giant thresher shark:

Stratodus, the giant lancetfish:

Chlamydoselachus goliath, the giant frilled shark:

Edaphodon, the giant chimera:

Xiphiorhynchus, the giant swordfish:

Brontoskorpio, the giant scorpion:

Titanomyrma, the giant ant:

Meganeura, the giant dragonfly:

Arthropleura, the giant millipede:

Websteroprion, the giant bobbit worm:

Campanile, the giant snail:

Parapusozia, the giant nautilus (sort of):