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7,000 year old evidence of mass cannibalism in Germany


BBC carrying this news story on findings from a site in South West Germany

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8394802.stm

Antiquity link article link at

http://antiquity.ac.uk/ant/083/ant0830968.htm

The BBC have obviously gone for the "big headline" story here (as I have) but there is strong debate around this as evidence cannibalism vs processing of bodies as part of a death ritual.
mascot Posted by mascot
6th December 2009ce
Edited 6th December 2009ce

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