7,000 year old evidence of mass cannibalism in Germany

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

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

Antiquity link article link at

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.