While analyzing hundreds of Neanderthal bone fragments from a cave in Belgium, archaeologists discovered a horrifying secret: Six Neanderthals had been cannibalized 45,000 years ago, and the cannibals preferred to eat the women and children first.
Modern archaeologists first explored the Goyet cave system in the Wallonia region of southern Belgium in the late 19th century. Excavators discovered 101 Neanderthal bone fragments, many of which had butchery marks similar to those on animal bones, suggesting someone had killed and eaten them.
