BONE APPETIT: Man's Neanderthal Ancestors Were Cannibals, New Study Says

Picture shows the excavation work in level IIIb of the Cova de les Teixoneres de Moià where Neanderthal human remains have appeared. The excavation campaign in the Cova de les Teixoneres has made it possible to recover two skull fragments of a 52,000-year-old juvenile Neanderthal. Note: Licenced photo. (Florent Rivals, ICREA /IPHES-CERCA/Newsflash) Picture shows the excavation work in level IIIb of the Cova de les Teixoneres de Moià where Neanderthal human remains have appeared. The excavation campaign in the Cova de les Teixoneres has made it possible to recover two skull fragments of a 52,000-year-old juvenile Neanderthal. Note: Licenced photo. (Florent Rivals, ICREA /IPHES-CERCA/Newsflash)
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26 June 2023
A new study has revealed that Man's ancient Neanderthal ancestors were once child-eating cannibals. Remains from a community in the Coves del Toll in Moia, in north-eastern Spain's Catalonia region, show marks caused by cannibalistic activities on fragments of bones from children. And some...