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Neolithic Cannibalism Took Three Different Forms in Spain
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Neolithic Cannibalism Took Three Different Forms in Spain

New radiocarbon dates from Malalmuerzo, Carigüela, and Majolicas caves in Granada reveal a massacre, a ritual practice, and an unresolved puzzle.

In 1973, the Spanish anthropologist Miguel Botella examined a set of broken, cut human bones recovered from three caves in Granada province and published one of the first accounts of what looked like cannibalism in prehistoric Iberia. He called the remains Eneolítico, Copper Age. New radiocarbon dates, produced this year, put all three caves solidly in …

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