Stone Age Cannibals Decorated Human Bones While Butchering Them
By Elana Glowatz @ElanaGlow On 08/10/17 AT 3:57 PM
Prehistoric cannibals made ceremonial slashes in the bones of the people they ate, according to scientists who studied engraved human bones from millennia ago.
The bones date to between 12,000 and 17,000 years ago, putting them in the late Stone Age. “Cut-marked and broken human bones” were not uncommon during this time in western Europe, according to a study in the journal PLOS One, but certain features were mysterious and scientists wondered whether they were part of a ritual.
http://www.ibtimes.com/stone-age-cannibals-decorated-human-bones-while-butchering-them-2577185
