The Neanderthals who ate their neighbors

Evidence from a prehistoric cave system indicates non-ritualistic cannibalism of Neanderthal women and children. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Neanderthals have received a necessary historical revision over the last few decades. Although many previous depictions presented our long-lost relative as a dimwitted evolutionary misfire, paleoarchaeological evidence now shows they were creative, artistic, and technologically proficient hominins . Judging from ancient evidence recovered from a cave in Belgium, at least some Neanderthal communities engaged in selective cannibalism .