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Phys.org: Researchers have found the grisly evidence that the Neanderthals did not just feast on horses or reindeer, but also on each other. - Shared from /reads
Phys.org: Researchers have found the grisly evidence that the Neanderthals did not just feast on horses or reindeer, but also on each other. - Shared from /reads
For what it's worth, the new study merely proves that Neanderthals purposefully butchered Human specimens; there is no definitive proof that the marrow or flesh was eaten.
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For what it's worth, the new study merely proves that Neanderthals purposefully butchered Human specimens; there is no definitive proof that the marrow or flesh was eaten.




Have you seen the earlier studies of remains in France and Spain that did suggest cannibalism?
The details I recall (someone feel free to correct if I've misremembered) were those of human bones with scrape marks where flesh had been cut away, and that these had been processed in identical fashion to animal bones found in the same pile.
Elsewhere there was also suggestion that human bones had been broken open for marrow extraction. Many of the Neanderthal skeletons also showed evidence of extreme malnutrition; one author suggested cannibalism may have been a possibility in really desperate lean times.
I have heard about those finds, but to my knowledge nothing has provided conclusive proof that cannibalism took place, merely circumstantial evidence. The marrow could have been extracted & bones cleaned of flesh for burial purposes, for some medicinal recipe, or something else. I think the evidence is very strong, but I don't like anyone talking about it like it's a sure thing just yet.
In any case this seems to suggest a cult or not? Is the first time I hear about this, have you some book to suggest me? I love human evolution and Neanderthal is a topic I really would like to focus on.
Probably not a cult, no, but I can't dismiss that it's a possibility. Unfortunately, my focus as a palaeontologist is more on the Mesozoic than the Cenozoic, so most of my knowledge on that period comes from correspondence with other scientists or from reading about their work on social media, particularly Twitter.