Prehistoric people used to eat the dead relatives

When a prehistoric person lived in England died, they were eaten by family members and carved on their bones.

In the study published in Plos One, British paleontologists said that evidence of prehistoric people living in caves about 15,000 years ago had been found to die, then engraved on their bones, Telegraph day 9/8 reported.

Comparing hundreds of human and animal bone specimens engraved with patterns in the Gough's Cave at Mendip Hills, England, scientists at the Museum of Natural History in London and University of London discovered a human bones are removed, filtered meat, chewed and engraved zigzag symbol before being broken to get marrow.

Zigzag carvings on ancient English bones.(Photo: Museum of Natural History).

The ability of the carvings is created in too much of the discarded meat that has been detected on the unassembled muscle.Zigzag-shaped incisions are in a ceremony or ceremony that marks the departure of the deceased. They are artistic or symbolic, telling the story of the life of the deceased or the memory of their death.

Researcher Silvia Bello at the Museum of Natural History said there is a difference in this way of carving with cases discovered in Europe."Human bones are the etching material and the ritual that takes place in prehistoric cannibal paintings , " Bello said. This is the first time this ritual has been discovered in prehistoric people living in the Old Stone Age.

Gough's Cave was first discovered in the 1880s. Excavations showed that humans lived here for thousands of years. The previous team found human skulls to be used as bowls or mugs, possibly to serve the diet of prehistoric people.