Ancient Cannibalism Evidence Revealed in Spanish Cave Discoveries

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A study suggests that a Neolithic family in Spain was massacred, skinned, cooked, and eaten around 5,600 years ago, with evidence pointing to warfare cannibalism likely caused by intergroup conflict during the final phase of the Neolithic occupation of the El Mirador cave.
- Stone Age family may have been cannibalized for 'ultimate elimination' 5,600 years ago, study suggests Live Science
- ‘Wartime cannibalism’ unearthed in prehistoric Spanish cave yahoo.com
- Scientists found cut marks on a 850,000-year-old human neck bone. Was it ... cannibalism? National Geographic
- Neolithic Cannibals In Spain Ate Their Enemies As A Form Of “Ultimate Elimination” IFLScience
- Human bones found in Spanish cave show signs of ancient cannibalism New Scientist
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