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Occupation of Cave in Saudi Arabia Dates Back 10,000 Years
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Gruesome mountain of human bones and carcasses found in hyenas lava tube cave
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Hyenas devoured human corpses in an Arabian lava tube thousands of years ago
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Gruesome horde of thousands of animal bones leftovers from hyenas, including those from humans, found in Saudi Arabia
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“The size and composition of the bone accumulation, as well as the presence of hyena skeletal remains and coprolites, suggest that the assemblage was primarily accumulated by striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena),” the scientists wrote in an article published in the August edition of the journal
Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences .
They described the bone collection as the typical result of large-scale carnivore/scavenger activity. They identified the striped hyena as the most logical candidate based on its well-known habits and long presence in the region.
“Striped hyena are very avid accumulators of bones,” study co-author Mathew Stewart, a zooarchaeologist from the Max Planck Institute in Germany, told Gizmodo .