Archaeologists Thought These Early Cannibals Mostly Ate Children. They Were Wrong

Homo antecessor, an early human species known from fossils in Spain, has long been linked to cannibalism of the young. Gizmodo reports new findings show adults were on the menu too. It's a grim update to the picture of how these ancient hominins treated their own dead.

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