Comments on: Was Europe Occupied by Cannibals 7,000 Years Ago?

By: krissy

krissy — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 11:26:01 +0000

Its gratifying to see it in ancient Europe, and not only among the “savages” of the Amazon and New Guinea. There have always been cultures that eat their enemies. Some cultures will leave the vanquished dead rotting in a crumpled heap, while others choose to eat them. It is barbaric especially if the dead were hunted but is the senseless killing for resources that our species normally engages in really any better?

By: Stevie

Stevie — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:39:23 +0000

Eating Bone marrow Just sucks ! …

By: platynota

platynota — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 04:41:15 +0000

“…more than 500 victims” I’m no expert in cannibals, nor an anthropologist, but 500 PEOPLE being treated as described is a large number. However, without assuming these bodies were buried at the same time, how much time elapsed between the deaths and what were the local environmental conditions? Similar evidence to be found nearby? More evidence is needed because assumptions just suck. Burial ritual or cannibalism, it’s all history to be repeated.

By: Gold

Gold — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:31:34 +0000

No wonder there’s CJD among Europeans as Kuru is among the Fore in New Guinea.
Cannibalism was once a global phenomenon and with it came more diseases.

By: kevin

kevin — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:28:17 +0000

Lots of cannibalism in North Korea, and I don’t mean a long time ago.

By: Phil Doran

Phil Doran — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:30:24 +0000

Cannibalism was widespread in the Pacific, including New Zealand.

By: RMor

RMor — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:58:36 +0000

Waste not, want not I say. We have our stories of modern day cannibalism – from the Donner Party to the survivors of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 (The 1972 Andes plane crash survivors ate the flesh of their dead companions).

There are many, many instances of Cannibalism throughout history, especially involving stranded explorers and victims of famine. Other proven cases involve cannibalism as a “cultural norm” or tribal custom. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannibalism

There is nothing at all surprising about these findings, if they indeed prove to be true.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:59:40 +0000

Sounds like someone wants more money for research. The more headline grabbing your claims the more money you are likely to get.
It’s a shame that archaeologists along with the rest of the scientific community have to sensationalise everything to get money.

By: Nacireman

Nacireman — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:52:37 +0000

What a find! Several thousand year old Germans.Must have been the Aryans that were so sought after in WWII. Now to determine if they were the 500 that came to dinner..

By: Danlantic

Danlantic — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:38:07 +0000

Montague Summers in “The Vampire: His Kith and Kin” told the history of a family in the Middle Ages that turned to robbery and cannibalism because of a famine. They made a hideout in a cave and were highway robbers for several generations. Tho no longer driven by famine, cannibalism had been learned and became the family culture. Finally the king (IIRC it was in Franc) set an expedition to hunt them to their hideout and wipe them out.

A cannibal tribe/family could have existed 7000 years ago for a short while until an alliance hunted them down. That neither of these stories became a well known legend because who wants to, yuck, think about it?