![]() ![]() Grisly discovery in Spain reveals Neanderthal family was butchered and eatenĪ Palaeolithic human skull from Gough's Cave that has been identified as having potential cannibalistic connotations.Human bones show evidence that Aztecs practiced ritual cannibalism.Strange rituals or cannibalism? Neanderthals manipulated bodies of adults and children shortly after death.We’ve found undoubting evidence for defleshing, disarticulation, human chewing, crushing of spongy bone, and the cracking of bones to extract marrow.” During this research, however, we’ve identified a far greater degree of human modification than recorded in earlier. In a previous analysis, we could determine that the cranial remains had been carefully modified to make skull-cups. Silvia Bello from the Natural History Museum’s Department of Earth Sciences, and lead researcher of the work said, “The human remains have been the subject of several studies. Facial Remains showing cutting-marks, where the meat has been removed, a clear sign of cannibalism. Wikimedia Commons ![]() Partial skull found at Gough's Cave, Somerset, England. The prehistoric people that visited the cave frequently left behind a large cache of animal and human bones. Archaeological findings now indicate that the dwellers of Gough’s Cave repeatedly defleshed and ate remains in prehistoric Britain, and hollowed out skulls to use as drinking vessels.Īccording to Science World Report, recent examinations and radiocarbon testing of the human bones and skulls from Gough’s Cave in Somerset reveal that the remains were cannibalized and deposited during a series of occupations approximately 14,700 years ago, during the Magdalenian period. When scientists examined the cracked skulls and gnawed bones found in a cave in England, they recognized the grisly signs of cannibalism. ![]()
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