A recent investigation of human remains found in the UK’s Cheddar Gorge has once again brought a particularly unsavory aspect ...

On Dec. 26, 1846, some members of the ill-fated Donner Party are believed to have turned to cannibalism in order to survive ...

Here’s what to know about the study of those remains and how it reshapes our perception of prehistory: In a recent study, ...

The zama zamas stuck in the Stilftonein Mine shaft in the North West have reportedly resorted to eating human flesh as more ...

Archeological discoveries can reveal the brighter sides of humanity. Collecting tchotchkes, our ancestors potentially ...

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 ...

Archaeologists uncover a 4,000-year-old massacre in Somerset, revealing shocking evidence of violence and cannibalism in ...

India’s top court puts temporary stay on execution of man convicted of killing his mother and eating her remains ...

Bones recovered from a natural shaft unveil a 4,000-year-old massacre of men, women and children, possibly part of a cycle of revenge killings.

Archaeologists studying the Charterhouse Warren site in England found evidence of a massacre, where at least 37 individuals ...

Around 37 men, women and children, and likely "many more", were killed at close quarters and then "systematically dismembered ...