Neanderthals in what is now Belgium may have eaten the weakest members of an enemy clan around 45,000 years ago. Analyzing the bones of these massacred victims, researchers have revealed that they all belong to petite females and children, suggesting that these individuals were specifically targeted by the cannibals. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

Found in a cavern within the Goyet caves, the bones appear to represent a minimum of six individuals, four of whom were identified as adult or adolescent females, while the remaining two – a child and a baby – were found to be male. With the exception of the newborn, all of the skeletons display unmistakable signs of having been butchered , making this the largest assemblag

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