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The Neanderthalss were failing to cope
with the changing conditions.
A struggle uncovered in a cave known as
the tunnel of bones.
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Oh, wow.
So, this is the famous Elsad drone.
>> Yes. Yes.
>> It's got more character than I was
expecting, actually. Here is where we
found 2,500
neanderal bones.
We found 13 nandertal individuals of
different ages and sexes.
>> Such a a diverse group in terms of
individuals all found in one spot.
>> Genetic studies told us that they are
related. So it's a family group.
We know for example that one female we
are not completely sure genetic
information said was red hair.
>> And you know when you say that one of
those people had red hair,
it it suddenly brings what well are just
fossils really to life.
It's a cave that's filled with ghosts.
>> We think the this this these people were
killed by other group.
>> This was not a natural death.
Cracked skulls and precise cuts on the
bones
suggest that this was a brutal massacre.
13 people killed by another Neanderthal
group.
But closer analysis of their remains
revealed an even darker truth.
>> So what do the bones actually tell us?
>> The first thing the bones tell us is
that this anandal group cannibalized
another group.
>> They were really eating these 13
individuals.
>> Yeah. Yeah. So, how do we know that this
was cannibalism as opposed to just
straight up murder or for that matter an
animal coming?
>> Well, because we have seen in the bones
what we call cut marks and also we have
found a lot of bones broken just to get
the narrow.
>> Yeah. Oh,
>> so there are the both things we have cut
marks and then they broke the bones to
get the narrow.
>> Yeah. If you're getting bone marrow,
that that is an indication of
cannibalism. Sure.