“Unearthed Secrets: 18,000-Year-Old Bones Reveal Shocking Truth About Cannibalism in Ancient Poland”
Evidence Of Prehistoric Cannibalism On Bones Found In A Polish Cave
Antonio Rodríguez-Hidalgo / IAM (CSIC-Junta de Extremadura)The three main authors of the study. From left to right: Francesc Marginedas, Palmira Saladié, and Antonio Rodríguez-Hidalgo.
Recently, an international team of researchers set out to analyze human remains discovered in Maszycka Cave in southern Poland. Archaeologists have explored and collected numerous artifacts from the cave, including stone tools, animal bones, and human remains, since the 19th century.
As detailed in a study recently published in Scientific Reports, the team analyzed 63 human bone fragments dating back to the Magdalenian period approximately 18,000 years ago.
The 3D microscopy techniques used to examine the bones, including femurs and skulls, uncovered evidence of violent cannibalism.
“The location and frequency of the cut marks and the intentional fracturing of the skeleton clearly show nutritional exploitation of the bodies, ruling out the hypothesis of funerary treatment without consumption,” Francesc Marginedas, a researcher at the Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution and the lead author of the study, stated in a press release.
Antonio Rodríguez-Hidalgo / IAM (CSIC-Junta de Extremadura)Signs of human manipulation on the bone fragments from Maszycka Cave.
At least 68 percent of the bones that were examined showed deliberate cut marks and fractures, pointing to the purposeful harvesting of human tissue, muscle, organs, and bone marrow shortly after death.
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