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Cannibalistic Europeans Likely Ate Their Dead at Funerals 15,000 Years Ago Instead of Burying Them, Study Says
Business Insider ^ | Oct 5, 2023 | Sebastian Cahill and Grace Eliza Goodwin

Posted on 10/06/2023 3:53:21 PM PDT by nickcarraway

-Europeans probably ate their dead loved ones instead of burying them 15,000 years ago.

-According to a new study, the consumption of dead people was not essential, but a ritual.

-Researchers also said people used the remaining bones as cups and chewed on them.

Cannibalistic Europeans likely feasted on their deceased loved ones at funerals instead of burying them, according to a new study.

Scientists now believe that cannibalism was widespread among Magdalenian Upper Palaeolithic people, who lived across Europe between 11,000 and 17,000 years ago, according to the study published in Quaternary Science Reviews.

The study's researchers analyzed funerary practices at 25 Magdalenians burial sites across France, Germany, Spain, Russia, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Portugal. The study found evidence that these early humans had chew marks on their dead's bones, used their skulls as cups, and extracted bone marrow from the bodies for nutrients.

In some cases, the ancient humans appeared to have combined the human remains with animal remains, per the study.

Scientists had previously known of a few instances of cannibalism among this group, like those at Gough's Cave, where skull cups and other human bones were found, but had not known until now just how commonplace the practice was.

The researchers wrote that it is "undeniable that the frequency of cannibalistic cases among Magdalenian sites exceeds any incidence of this behaviour among earlier or later hominin groups, and suggests that mortuary cannibalism was a method Magdalenian people used to dispose of their deceased."

Dr. Silvia Bello, a paleoanthropologist and co-author of the study, said in a press release that the cannibalistic behavior was "not simply practiced out of necessity," but rather as a "funerary practice."

Study co-author Dr. William Marsh added that their findings offered a contextualization of Gough's Cave.

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TOPICS: Conspiracy; Food; History
KEYWORDS: ancientautopsies; cannibalism; cannivbalism; dietandcuisine; europe; funerary; godsgravesglyphs; magdalenian; palaeolithic
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To: nickcarraway

Cue up Monty Python’s Undertaker Sketch.

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21 posted on 10/06/2023 4:08:42 PM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. )
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To: Libloather

(That’s probably why they always carried around a bottle of hot sauce in their bags)

You got to Frank it up!

(literally)


22 posted on 10/06/2023 4:09:23 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: imabadboy99

😆


23 posted on 10/06/2023 4:09:29 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear ("Equity" = "All animals are equal. Some animals are more equal than others.")
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To: SaveFerris

Thanks, Hillary.


24 posted on 10/06/2023 4:10:05 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Libloather

LOL!


25 posted on 10/06/2023 4:12:26 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Prosecutors say Trump may have broken the law admiring gun in South Carolina" ROTFLMAO!)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

(How did they differentiate human chew marks from animal chew marks?)

There were traces of Heinz -15,057

Wait....

Heinz -14,943


26 posted on 10/06/2023 4:12:41 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Openurmind

B.S.

This is just more anti-white propaganda.

“Experts say.....”


27 posted on 10/06/2023 4:12:43 PM PDT by imabadboy99
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To: nickcarraway

Progressives taste like chicken.


28 posted on 10/06/2023 4:13:24 PM PDT by dljordan
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To: nickcarraway

Hillary likes her Seth Rich To Go

Permanently


29 posted on 10/06/2023 4:13:57 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: nickcarraway

Ask the Europeans what happened to the Neanderthals.


30 posted on 10/06/2023 4:15:04 PM PDT by Amadeo
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To: imabadboy99

No... it is Fact.


31 posted on 10/06/2023 4:16:31 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: imabadboy99

You serious?


32 posted on 10/06/2023 4:16:52 PM PDT by Fuzz (. )
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To: imabadboy99

Whites hadn’t made it to Europe at the time. They came from around southern Russia, Georgia and Armenia. I think they left something like 7-8 thousand years ago.


33 posted on 10/06/2023 4:17:40 PM PDT by packagingguy
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To: FlingWingFlyer

most likely republicans. Because republicans like to eat their own. Democrats are always united and inclusive. There are no purity tests among democrats. From AOC to blue dogs are all welcome in democrat party.


34 posted on 10/06/2023 4:20:49 PM PDT by entropy12 (Career politicians like Desantis build wealth. Trump sacrificed his wealth to serve people. GO TRUMP)
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To: packagingguy

(I think they left something like 7-8 thousand years ago)

Traffic.....


35 posted on 10/06/2023 4:20:57 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Publius; nickcarraway
It is. But in our current situation, I also recommend FReepers read his magnficent The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress.
36 posted on 10/06/2023 4:21:35 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: Amadeo

Humans and dogs teamed up to defeat them.


37 posted on 10/06/2023 4:21:48 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: imabadboy99

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_incidents_of_cannibalism


38 posted on 10/06/2023 4:22:37 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: Publius

I always admired the idea of the Witness.

As in what’s the color of that house? Answer: this side is painted blue. IOW, not making assumptions outside the facts.


39 posted on 10/06/2023 4:23:23 PM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America.)
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To: BradyLS

Another one of my favorites. Still one of the greatest sci-fi books ever written.


40 posted on 10/06/2023 4:23:25 PM PDT by Publius
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