The "skull cup" was found in a cave where ancient humans modified the bones of the dead for thousands of years. But its ...

Ancient humans who buried their dead in caves went back up to a year later to harvest body parts for tools and food. Those ...

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A rock was inserted into the mouth of a 10-year-old to keep the deceased child from rising from the grave and spreading malaria, researchers believe. / David Pickel/Stanford University While nails ...

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A study of bones from a Spanish cave suggests humans might have fashioned tools from the remains of recently deceased community members or relatives Margaret Osborne Daily Correspondent Human bone ...

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Prehistoric farmers and herders in southern Spain buried their dead in a large cave – but may have later cut them up to make tools and possibly eat their bone marrow. Since 1934, scientists ...

Ancient humans who buried their dead in caves went back up to a year later to harvest body parts for tools and food. Those are the findings of a new study into the Cueva de los Marmoles, a cave in ...