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'Extreme exploitation': Spanish archaeologists find signs of war cannibalism from 5,700 years ago

Deep within El Mirador Cave in northern Spain, researchers have uncovered bone-chilling evidence of human cannibalism dating back around 5,700 years.

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00:00Well, we have microscopic markers and morphological markers that indicate that these
00:28marcas are what we call cut marks, because they have morphometric characteristics coincident
00:38with what are the marcas of corte.
00:39The marcas of corte is produced when a tool or a tool with a border, when cutting the
00:45meat, touches the bone directly and leaves its signs.
00:49But with the marcas of corte, we have found other evidence, such as the cremation and the
00:56brain, signals that the bones were boiled, cooked, signals of intensive fracturing, both
01:03of the cranes to obtain the brain, as of the bones of the extremities to consume the bone
01:10bone.
01:11And we have also identified human wounds, the wounds on the bones.
01:18Therefore, there is no doubt, there is no doubt about that these humans were consumed
01:24by other humans.
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