Cannibalism in Neolithic Europe what's the evidence? Cannibalism is seen in many cultures around the world, including in prehistoric Europe (eg the Upper Paleolithic / Mesolithic Magdalenian site of Gough's Cave in Cheddar Gorge). But the Neolithic is a time of settled farmers and herders. Were these people really cannibals?

In this video we're looking at three sites: Herxheim, Germany; El Toro Cave in Malaga, Spain; and Fontbrégoua Cave in Provence, France.

Were these prehistoric Europeans desperate people facing starvation? Were they honouring their own people in complex mortuary rites? Or were they feasting on their enemies?

And were they even practicing cannibalism at all?

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Mass cannibalism in the Linear Pottery Culture at Herxheim Bruno Boulestin et al (2009)
The LBK enclosure at Herxheim: theatre of war or ritual centre? Joerg Orschiedt & Miriam Noel Haidle
Aggressive or funerary cannibalism? Skullcup and human bone manipulation in Cueva de El Toro Jonathan Santana et al
Cannibalism in the Neolithic Paola Villa (1989) ➜ https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...

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Video Chapters

00:00 Starvation Cannibalism
00:58 Endocannibalism
01:42 Exocannibalism
04:10 Video Sponsorship
05:37 Journey to Herxheim
6:46 Herxheim Mass Cannibalism?
9:23 How to Spot Cannibalism
10:44 The Herxheim Debate
14:03 El Toro Cave Endocannibalism?
18:20 Fontbrégoua Cave Exocannibalism?
20:28 Neolithic Mortuary Rites