Ancient Human Relatives Engaged in Cannibalism, Scientists Discover
TL;DR
Scientists have discovered evidence of cannibalism in ancient human ancestors, possibly belonging to the Homo erectus or Paranthropus boisei species, in Kenya's Turkana region. The discovery was made from marks on a 1.45 million-year-old shin bone that indicate it was cut in a style used to strip meat, and chewed on by a large cat. While it's not the first time evidence of cannibalism has been found, the age of the bone makes it an incredible discovery.
- Scientists Make Horrific Discovery About Cannibalism in Human Ancestors Futurism
- Signs of butchery, possible cannibalism found on ancient human relative's bone The Washington Post
- Hominids may have butchered one another about 1.45 million years ago Science News Magazine
- Humans' evolutionary relatives butchered one another 1.45 million years ago Phys.org
- This May Be the Earliest Evidence of Hominin Cannibalism Gizmodo
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