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Evidence of cannibalism in a cave in southern Poland suggests the practice was widespread 18,000 years ago.Credit: Dariusz Bobak

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18,000-Year-Old Evidence of Human Brain Consumption Found in Poland’s Maszycka Cave

22 February 2026

New scientific research has uncovered compelling evidence that prehistoric humans practiced cannibalism—including the consumption of human brains—around 18,000 years ago...

Flint arrowhead embedded in a human rib, discovered at the Roc de les Orenetes prehistoric burial site in Queralbs (Ripollès, Catalonia). Image credit: Maria D. Guillén / IPHES-CERCA

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4,000-Year-Old Flint Arrow Lodged in Human Rib Reveals Direct Evidence of Prehistoric Violence

18 July 2025

In a discovery shedding light on prehistoric human conflict, archaeologists have found a flint arrowhead embedded in a human rib...

18,000-Year-Old Evidence of Human Brain Consumption Found in Poland’s Maszycka Cave

4,000-Year-Old Flint Arrow Lodged in Human Rib Reveals Direct Evidence of Prehistoric Violence

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