The remains of what may be an entire family have been discovered in a Neolithic cave in northern Spain, with evidence suggesting that the group was eaten by cannibals . According to researchers, the barbaric act had nothing to do with either famine or religion, but was probably motivated by conflict and a desire to annihilate a clan of enemies.

Discovered in El Mirador cave in the Sierra de Atapuerca , the gnarled human bones add to a growing number of known instances of cannibalism in the area, stretching back to pre-Neanderthal times. “With this new discovery, Atapuerca now has three known cases of prehistoric cannibalism, one of which, at Gran Dolina, dating back approximately 900,000 years, is the earliest known example in human history,” Francesc Marginedas from the Catalan I

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