Early humans may have eaten their enemies' brains, study says

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(CNN) – Early Europeans may have eaten their enemies’ brains and bone marrow.

In a new study, a team of archaeologists examined the bones of at least 10 people from ancient Magdalenian culture.

Evidence showed the Magdalenians cut open the skulls of dead bodies and scooped out the brains.

The researchers used imaging techniques to identify types of marks and cuts also “associated with the removal of the marrow in the long bones.”


The co-lead author of the study believes it points to warfare cannibalism rather than any type of funeral ritual.

The study was published last week in the journal Scientific Reports.

 

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(CNN) – Early Europeans may have eaten their enemies’ brains and bone marrow.

In a new study, a team of archaeologists examined the bones of at least 10 people from ancient Magdalenian culture.

Evidence showed the Magdalenians cut open the skulls of dead bodies and scooped out the brains.

The researchers used imaging techniques to identify types of marks and cuts also “associated with the removal of the marrow in the long bones.”


The co-lead author of the study believes it points to warfare cannibalism rather than any type of funeral ritual.

The study was published last week in the journal Scientific Reports.

We’d starve to death…

 

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Read about this, where they thought cannibalism was used to scare off other tribes in ancient times.

"There are roughly six criteria for determining whether human remains have been cannibalized—breakage, cut marks, abrasion from being smashed against an anvil, burning, missing vertebrae, and “pot polish” created by stirring bones in a pot.

In the 1990’s definitive proof arrived when a group of archaeological sites were excavated at the base of Sleeping Ute Mountain in southern Colorado. Within the first kiva was found a pile of chopped-up, boiled, and burned human bones. In the second kiva were found the remains of five people in which evidence suggested they had been roasted, then the bones defleshed and split open for the marrow. The skulls of at least two people had been placed upside down on the fire, roasted, and broken open, and the cooked brains presumably scooped out. Tools for chopping were found with traces of human blood on them.

In the third kiva, however, was the most unusual find. In the ashes of a central hearth was found a nondescript lump. Further analysis revealed it was a coprolite—desiccated human feces. Testing revealed that the feces contained human myoglobin, a protein found only in skeletal and heart muscle. The only way it could get into the intestinal tract was through eating. Based on the evidence at hand it was clear the community had been attacked. The people had been killed, cooked, and eaten. Then, in an ultimate act of contempt, one of the killers defecated in a hearth, the symbolic center of the family and the household."

https://prairierosepublications.blogspot.com/2016/01/the-southwest-and-cannibalism.html

Better longer article:
https://www.prestonchild.com/books/thunderhead/Cannibals-of-the-Canyon-by-Douglas-Preston;art46,62

 

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(CNN) – Early Europeans may have eaten their enemies’ brains and bone marrow.

In a new study, a team of archaeologists examined the bones of at least 10 people from ancient Magdalenian culture.

Evidence showed the Magdalenians cut open the skulls of dead bodies and scooped out the brains.

The researchers used imaging techniques to identify types of marks and cuts also “associated with the removal of the marrow in the long bones.”


The co-lead author of the study believes it points to warfare cannibalism rather than any type of funeral ritual.

The study was published last week in the journal Scientific Reports.

What if they killed a liberal? There wouldn't be any brain to eat....just air.......