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That's evidence that the Neanderthals engaged in cannibalism. That's not evidence that homo sapiens ate the Neanderthals as food.
by btilly 4y ago
That's evidence that the Neanderthals engaged in cannibalism. That's not evidence that homo sapiens ate the Neanderthals as food.
- s1artibartfast 4y agoI think the genetic evidence is adaptive mutations that are present in all humans
- btilly 3y agoOur species also engaged in cannibalism. That isn't evidence that we killed the Neanderthals for food. Rather than, say, having added some ecosystem stress through competition that left them less able to handle a major volcano 40,000 years ago.
- s1artibartfast 3y agoI think that if human practiced widespread and consistent cannibalism, then it stands that we likely ate Neanderthals and other homo species to some degree