{"id":4104,"date":"2009-09-10T22:31:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-10T17:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=3497"},"modified":"2009-09-10T22:31:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-10T17:01:00","slug":"whos-more-primitive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/whos-more-primitive\/","title":{"rendered":"Who\u2019s More Primitive?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Exhibit one<\/a>:<\/p>\n Early humans may have taken a detour into Eurasia before embarking on their epic journey out of Africa, according to new fossil evidence.<\/p>\n Palaeontologists in Georgia have unearthed remains of five primitive humans that date back to 1.8m years ago, suggesting some of our oldest ancestors lived in the region at the time.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Exhibit two<\/a>:<\/p>\n Squatting on his haunches, dhoti-clad and bare-chested, Mahendra Singh Tikait declares: “We live by a moral code where honour has to be protected at any cost.’’<\/p>\n As the chaudhary of the Baliyan khap, the 79-year-old farmer’s views matter. He presides over a system of justice that is almost medieval and disdains the laws of the Indian state.<\/p>\n Tikait’s moral code is simple. In his own words: […] “Love marriages are dirty, I don’t even want to repeat the word… Only whores can choose their partners.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n To think this guy was once a politician with significant clout. Such it goes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n
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