UM-Bot Posted July 9, 2016 #1 Share Posted July 9, 2016 Neanderthal remains unearthed in Belgium's Goyet caves show indications of cannibalistic behavior. http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/296531/evidence-of-neanderthal-cannibalism-found Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonardo Posted July 9, 2016 #2 Share Posted July 9, 2016 Neanderthals were very similar to our own H. sapiens ancestors - and we know some of those sometimes engaged in cannibalistic practices, so why is it so "shocking" to learn some Neanderthals did also? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarjarbinks Posted July 9, 2016 #3 Share Posted July 9, 2016 SO, they probably ate themselves, that's why they dont exist anymore. I wonder if the last one actually ate himself? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHaYap Posted July 9, 2016 #4 Share Posted July 9, 2016 Can't have ... we H.Sapiens ate 'em all ... that's why we here they gone ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claire. Posted July 9, 2016 #5 Share Posted July 9, 2016 Yummy in my tummy... not. Wonder why they did it. Hunger? Or were there other reasons perhaps? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHaYap Posted July 10, 2016 #6 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Best guess today is the onset of some early form of 'spirituality' ... some genius thought 'I eat deer I fast as deer, I eat stag I strong as stag' to 'I eat him I powerful like him' ~ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
universal skeptic Posted July 10, 2016 #7 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Sometimes meat is just meat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PersonFromPorlock Posted July 10, 2016 #8 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Eaten Neanderthals doesn't mean Neanderthals did the eating. A tribe of Cro-Magnons slaughters a tribe of Neanderthals and pigs out on the spot, for instance, leaving lots of bones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CultOfOsiris Posted July 11, 2016 #9 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Nothing surprising here, there is a longer history of people participating in cannibalism, than there is a history of it being considered evil. Many in recorded history may treat it as a mortal sin, but there is quite a bit of time before recorded history, where this was not only seen as normal, but many times also as a sign of respect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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