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The caves that prove Neanderthals were cannibals
10 years agoTO GO WITH AFP STORY BY PHILIPPE SIUBERSKI Cave specialist Christian Casseyas gives a tour of the Goyet cave, where 96 bones and three teeth from five Neanderthal individuals were found, in Goyet, Belgium, on December 19, 2016. Deep in the caves of Goyet, in present-day Belgium, researchers have found the grisly evidence that the Neanderthals did not just feast on horses or reindeer, but also on each other. EMMANUEL DUNAND / AFP
Human bones from a newborn, a child and four adults or teenagers who lived around 40,000 years ago show clear signs of cutting and of fractures to extract the marrow within, they say.