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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Vishwam Sankaran

Europeans cannibalised on their dead loved ones 15,000 years ago, archaeologists say

National History Museum

Cannibalism may have been a routine burial practice in Europe about 15,000 years ago, a new study suggests.

Researchers at the Natural History Museum (NHM) in the UK analysed remains uncovered across Europe dating to the late Upper Palaeolithic about 15,000 years ago.

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