850,000-Year-Old Child Cannibalism Uncovered at Gran Dolina Cave

Scientist Just Learned Our Ancestors Ate Toddlers

Roughly 850,000 years ago, someone looked at a toddler and saw dinner. That’s the conclusion researchers have drawn after analyzing a child’s neck bone found in the Gran Dolina cave system in northern Spain. The bone, belonging to a 2- to 5-year-old Homo antecessor, shows precise cut marks—signs of decapitation and defleshing. In other words, this poor kid got butchered and eaten. “This case is particularly striking,” said Palmira Saladié, co-di…

Archaeologists Digging Inside A Spanish Cave Just Found The Oldest Evidence Of Early Human Cannibalism

Archaeologists at Gran Dolina cave in Atapuerca, Spain uncovered cannibalism by our prehistoric ancestor Homo antecessor dating back 850,000 years.

850,000-Year-Old Bones Reveal Toddler Cannibalism by Archaic Humans

Archaeologists in Spain uncover 850,000-year-old child remains in Gran Dolina cave, the earliest case of human cannibalism in Europe.

850,000-Year-Old Remains Suggest Prehistoric Child Was Decapitated And Eaten By Its Own Kind

The evidence adds to our belief that this species of early human practiced cannibalism.

Cannibal human ancestors ate children, grisly discovery in Spain shows

Human ancestors ate small children 850,000 years ago, a gruesome discovery has shown.