The Magdalenian group, as they are called, may have extracted and consumed the brain of their dead enemies, suggests a new study that was published in Scientific Reports earlier this month. A team of ...

Nicknamed the “Red Lady” due to her ochre-coated bones, she was a member of the Magdalenian people of the late Upper Paleolithic—people not so unlike us. “The results show that several ...

In a cave in Poland, researchers have uncovered disturbing evidence of systematic cannibalism practiced by Magdalenian human groups. Unlike a survival act dictated by famine, this consumption of human ...

In the study, published last week in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers examined the bones of at least 10 people from the Magdalenian culture who lived in Europe 11,000–17,000 years ago.

Still, they note that such behavior would seem inconsistent with the Magdalenian culture, to whom they attribute these remains, especially considering they are credited with impressive artworks like ...