Digging around in a Spanish cave called Gran Dolina, archaeologists have found butchered humans' fossilized bones. Researchers say the bones show that cave dwellers skinned, decapitated, and enjoyed other early humans, before throwing their remains into a heap with animals bones from other meals.
在西班牙格蘭多利納洞穴發掘時,考古學家日前發現了古人被屠殺后遺留下來的骨頭化石。研究人員稱這些化石表明,遠古時期的穴居人類不僅剝同伴的皮、屠殺同伴,甚至還食用同伴的身體器官,最后將尸體遺棄在他們吃過的動物骨頭堆里。
The study says the 800,000-year-old Homo antecessor bones could indicate the most "ancient cultural cannibalism … known until now." Adding to the nightmare: The hungry cavemen had a penchant for kids, since the 11 cannibalized humans uncovered were all youngsters. They speculate that the kiddos were easier to catch, and eating them was a good way to stop competitors from building their families.
研究表明,這些生活80萬年前的人類祖先的尸骨揭示了最為“古老的食人文明”。更恐怖的是:饑餓的洞穴古人對食用小孩有強烈的偏好,因為科學家發現11具被食用過的尸體骨頭都是屬于小孩的。科學家猜測這是因為小孩更容易被抓到,而且吃了對手的孩子可以防止對手繁衍壯大。