Neandertals that 43,000 years ago inhabited what’s now northern Spain faced periodic food shortages and possibly resorted to cannibalism to survive, according to a new investigation.
CAVE FINDS. A block of sand and clay from El Sidrón cave in Spain holds Neandertal foot bones (left) and ribs and a backbone (right).
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