Neanderthals werenât cannibals but were eaten by giant hyenas
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Rome: The discovery of a prehistoric human skull in a cave in Italy has disproved macabre theories that Neanderthals indulged in ritual cannibalism â instead pointing to the prospect that they were eaten by giant hyenas.
The skull was one of thousands of fossilised bones and bone fragments found in the large cave near the village of San Felice Circeo, on the Tyrrhenian coast about half-way between Rome and Naples.
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Rome: The discovery of a prehistoric human skull in a cave in Italy has disproved macabre theories that Neanderthals indulged in ritual cannibalism â instead pointing to the prospect that they were eaten by giant hyenas.
The skull was one of thousands of fossilised bones and bone fragments found in the large cave near the village of San Felice Circeo, on the Tyrrhenian coast about half-way between Rome and Naples.
Extraordinary Fossils Of 9 Neanderthals Found In Cave Near Rome
One Italian official boasted the discovery will be the “talk of the world.”
Archeologists have unearthed fossils from nine Neanderthals in a cave outside Rome that an Italian official boasted will be the “talk of the world.”
The oldest remains date back some 100,000 years. Fossils of the other eight Neanderthals date to between 50,000 to 68,000 years ago, the Italian Culture Ministry announced Saturday.
#NEANDERTHAL / New discoveries in the Guattari Cave (Italy) place the Circeo area among the most important ones in the world about the knowledge of our ancestors: new research bring to light fossil finds which are attributable to 9 Neanderthal individuals. https://t.co/A3wGRwznEGpic.twitter.com/4iSJlVp0eH Ministero della cultura (@MiC Italia) May 8, 2021
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