In El Mirador cave in Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain, a unique collection of human remains provides insights into cannibalistic practices from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age. Six Early Bronze Age individuals...

Un grupo en el que había niños, adolescentes y adultos fue canibalizado hace unos 5.700 años en el territorio que hoy ocupa la sierra de Atapuerca. Los 11 individuos...

Hundreds of pieces of bone dating from 5700 years ago carry evidence of being processed and eaten by other humans, bolstering the idea that cannibalism was common in the Neolithic period

Scientific Reports - Evidence of neolithic cannibalism among farming communities at El Mirador cave, Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain

Una vértebra infantil hallada en el yacimiento burgalés de Gran Dolina presenta cortes precisos que indican la separación deliberada de la cabeza del cuerpo. Los científicos ven en esta práctica una estrategia recurrente de aprovechamiento de carne humana entre los primeros homínidos que habitaron la zona.

Here the authors apply ZooMS, radiocarbon, and stable isotope analyses to whale bones from the Bay of Biscay. They find that humans were utilizing the remains of at least five species of whales from 2...

Scientific Reports - New insights of cultural cannibalism amongst Magdalenian groups at Maszycka Cave, Poland

Since the 1950s, radiocarbon measurements have anchored archaeological chronologies dating back to 50,000 years, with bone collagen being a commonly dated material. Despite advances in collagen extrac...

Remains are of an adult member of an extinct species who lived up to 1.4m years ago, researchers say

A Homo aff. erectus individual dated to 1.4 million to 1.1 million years ago found at Sima del Elefante (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain) does not display the modern-human-like aspect of Homo antecess...

New dating techniques reveal fresh insights into one of the most enigmatic burials in human prehistory

Hace 15.000 años, el destino de un grupo de humanos quedó sellado en un episodio de violencia extrema. Hoy, gracias a la ciencia, estamos un paso más cerca de entenderlo

Un estudio publicado en la revista “Scientific Reports” por un equipo interdisciplinar de investigadores sugiere que las tensiones intergrupales y los conflictos territoriales que tuvieron lugar hace ...

Practice may reflect violent competition for new territory 18,000 years ago

A study of skeletons from a cave in Poland has revealed widespread evidence of cut marks and fractures suggestive of cannibalism.

A team of archaeologists, paleontologists, and historians from several institutions in Spain, Germany, and Poland, has found evidence of Magdalenian people from approximately 18,000 years ago, living in a cave in what is now Poland, engaging in cannibalism.

A Reexamination of the Maszycka Cave Human Remains Raises Startling Questions

En las últimas décadas se han identificado 25 casos de canibalismo en Europa, abarcando el último millón de años. Un estudio de restos encontrados en Cracovia (Polonia) da nuevas pistas sobre las razo...

Practice may reflect violent competition for new territory 15,000 years ago

Practice may reflect violent competition for new territory 15,000 years ago

Scientific Reports - New insights of cultural cannibalism amongst Magdalenian groups at Maszycka Cave, Poland

Scientific Reports - New insights of cultural cannibalism amongst Magdalenian groups at Maszycka Cave, Poland

Göbeklitepe ile birlikte Taş Tepeler'den biri olan Sefertepe hakkında merak ettiklerimizi kazı başkanı Doç. Dr. Emre Güldoğan'a sorduk.

Scientific Reports - Mummy of a juvenile sabre-toothed cat Homotherium latidens from the Upper Pleistocene of Siberia

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