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Neanderthals chose to eat each other?

Conor Dillon | Gabriele Schulz
January 1, 2026

Cannibalism happened among the Neanderthals. That much we knew. Now, a paleoanthropological discovery has possibly uncovered an ugly truth about our distant cousins. Conor and Gabe head to a cave in Belgium to check it out.

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