Neanderthals Were Master Butchers

Homo neanderthalensisA physically impressive speciesLong ago, ancient ones were all foesStruggle to surviveSystematic cannibalismPushed to ExtinctionAnatomical beauties & monstersA flattened cranium with a heavy brow ridge above large eye socketsHigher muscle mass, wars among the proto-humans will lastEvolution's created perfect butchersIt's the lawless extremity of natureButchering -- the half-dead wallowing in their gutsCutting the carcass in half starting at the pelvisCutting haunch from loin, rump from haunchSeparating the shoulder from the shank as close to the joint as possibleSawed-off limbs quivering on the groundShank for chop meatutilizing neck meatCutting through nerves, arteries split in twoThe sound of slicing fills the air all aroundImmersed in butchering, precise disembowelingRibs away from spine, separating chuck from the loin.The pre-human butcher is obsessed with the bedimmed procedureThe epic ambition of this work is to separate flesh from the soulThick fat away from chopsNo signs of charring, the flesh was eaten rawSkinning their own kind, cannibalism within the ancient tribesThe skin will come loose from around the meatThe skinned carcass was stripped of meat and marrowDead trees seeing all the killing and skinning and cleaning and gutting that hathbeen doneThis is the dark side of the pre-human coinNever its mysteries are exposedTo the human eye so unclosedNeanderthals were master butchers