Ancient human relative cannibalized both adults and children in a cave in Spain 850,000 years ago, fossils reveal
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Ancient human relative cannibalized both adults and children in a cave in Spain 850,000 years ago, fossils reveal
Cut marks suggestive of cannibalism have been discovered on the fossils of an ancient human relative in a cave in Spain, new research finds. But many of the bones from the species, known as Homo antecessor, were from adults — not just children, as previous discoveries had found — adding a new dimension to the cannibalism that was practiced in this area 850,000 years ago.The two dozen bones and teeth were recently found in Gran Dolina cave, pa…
In the cave of Grand Valley in Spain, the remains of the adults and children of Homo anecessor with traces of cannibalism were discovered, and this discovery changed the perception of who the ancient ancestors of man had been eating for 850 thousand years ago.
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