850,000-Year-Old Neck Bone Suggests Ancient Human Cannibalism of Toddlers

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850,000-Year-Old Neck Bone Suggests Ancient Human Cannibalism of Toddlers
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Ancient human relatives, specifically Homo antecessor, practiced cannibalism around 850,000 years ago, as evidenced by cut marks on a child's neck bone found in Spain, making it the earliest confirmed case of human cannibalism in Europe.

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