Dutch Cannibalism in Belgium: Women and Children Chosen as Prey

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Human remains discovered in the caves of Goyet, Belgium, reveal that Neanderthals were engaged in selective cannibalism. Their victims: women and children from competing neighbouring groups.

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The past rarely leaves room for doubt when it is part of the os. In Belgium, at the bottom of a cave excavated in the 19th century, researchers have re-examined Neanderthalian human remains in a radically new light. The cutting marks, fractured bones, and even the silhouette of the victims tell a scene more disturbing than what the mere need to survive suggested. Here, anthropophagy takes a methodical, almost selective turn. The Goyet site revea…