Researchers have revealed details of an extremely violent event that took place more than 4,000 years ago.
A collection of prehistoric human remains has revealed gruesome insights into a brutal massacre that took place more than 4,000 years ago.For a study published in the journal Antiquity, researchers analyzed more than 3,000 bones and bone fragments attributed to dozens of individuals from the Early Bronze Age site of Charterhouse Warren in southwest England.
'In an attempt to shed light on what happened to these individuals, the research team analyzed the remains, identifying numerous cut marks, perimortem fractures and blunt force injuries to the skull. The team's findings indicate that the victims were killed at close quarters with blunt instruments, before being systematically dismembered, butchered, and possibly partly consumed.
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