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850,000-Year-Old Child Vertebra Reveals Europe’s Earliest Cannibalism

The discovery of precise cut marks on a toddler’s vertebra at Spain’s Gran Dolina site suggests systematic meat processing, setting the stage for deeper cave excavations.

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Child Vertebra With Cut Marks Confirms Cannibalism by Homo antecessor at Atapuerca

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Neanderthals’ 125,000-Year-Old “Fat Factory” Confirmed as First Large-Scale Bone-Grease Operation

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Ancient Human Activity Uncovered in Laos Cave

Human Evolution

850,000-Year-Old Child Vertebra Reveals Europe’s Earliest Cannibalism

Child Vertebra With Cut Marks Confirms Cannibalism by Homo antecessor at Atapuerca

Neanderthals’ 125,000-Year-Old “Fat Factory” Confirmed as First Large-Scale Bone-Grease Operation

Science Advances Paper Corroborates 23,000-Year-Old White Sands Footprints

Forensic Police Authenticate 43,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Fingerprint in Spain

Study Dates Earliest European Whale Bone Tools to 20,000 Years Ago

Spanish Pebble Yields 43,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Face Abstraction, Fingerprint

1.4-Million-Year-Old Fossil Reveals Oldest Human Face in Western Europe

Discovery of 'Pink' Fossil Redefines Early Human History in Western Europe

1.5-Million-Year-Old Footprints Show Two Hominin Species Coexisted in Kenya

Fossil Footprints Reveal Coexistence of Two Early Human Species in Kenya

Lucy: The Fossil That Transformed Our Understanding of Human Evolution

Ancient Human Activity Uncovered in Laos Cave