Did a rival tribe kill and eat their neighbors 5,700 years ago?
Credit: IPHES-CERCA/Luis Quevedo/Madrid Scientific Films. Human remains from 11 individuals recovered from El Mirador Cave in Spain showed evidence of cannibalism, archaeologists have concluded. According to a new paper published in the journal Scientific Reports, the cannibalism was likely the result of a violent episode between competing Late Neolithic herding communities about 5,700 years ago. “Cannibalism is one of the most complex behaviors to interpret, due to the inherent difficulty of