Ancient Human Relatives Engaged in Butchery and Cannibalism

Cut marks on a 1.45 million-year-old fossilized shin bone found in Kenya suggest that ancient human relatives butchered and possibly ate one another for nutrition, according to a new study. The marks were similar to those found on fossilized animal bones in the same area and time horizon. The discovery suggests that cannibalism might have been practiced further back in human ancestral history than previously thought.