US EditionDecapitation of a Child 850,000 Years Ago Reveals New Evidence of Cannibalism at Atapuerca
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The discovery of fossil remains in the Atapuerca site of a child between 2 and 4 years of age with cut marks, derived specifically from the separation of the head from the trunk, confirms the normalized practice of cannibalism in Homo foresor (850,000 years).It is a species of which a dozen new human fossils have been found in Gran Dolina, one of the main deposits of the Atapuerca complex (Burgos).Marina Mosquera, co-director of the Atapuerca Pr…
"The case of the child is particularly shocking: not only because of his age, but also because of the precision of the brands," says Dr. Palmira Saladié, a researcher at IPHES-CERCA IPHES.
Decapitation of a child 850,000 years ago reveals new evidence of cannibalism at Atapuerca
A newly discovered human cervical vertebra from the Gran Dolina site in the Sierra de Atapuerca in Spain, which dates to 850,000 years ago, has provided new evidence of cannibalism among early humans. The child’s bone, aged between two and four years, contains clear cut marks that researchers interpret as signs of deliberate decapitation. The […]
Carlos Zorrilla The campaign of archaeological excavations of 2025 in the Sierra de Atapuerca sites, located in the province of Burgos, in the north of Spain, has culminated in findings of great scientific relevance, which involve the Homo ancestor (a species very similar to the current Homo sapiens, with a similar height and body proportions, although with a cranial capacity and a slightly smaller brain than those of sapiens) and some practices…
The appearance in TD6 of Gran Dolina of two teeth has allowed to identify a new individual, adult and young; in addition, three new vertebrae, a phalanx of the index finger, a rib fragment and three fragments of bones of the extremities
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