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Bones In Belgium Cave Prove Neanderthals Were Cannibals: Why Extinct Human Relative Practiced Cannibalism

Anthropologist Helene Rougier, from California State University, Northridge, and colleagues have proven from the bones from Goyet that the Neanderthals practiced cannibalism, based on the traces of cutting that showed attempts "to disarticulate and remove the flesh," as described by Belgian archaeologist Christian Casseyas.

http://www.techtimes.com/articles/191002/20170102/bones-in-belgium-cave-prove-neanderthals-were-cannibals-why-extinct-human-relative-practiced-cannibalism.htm#sthash.wKdqla2d.dpuf

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