Photo: Human Sacrifice Clues Found in European Stone Age Burials

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Several skeletons of Stone Age people, including this skull with evidence of periodontal problems, have been uncovered at the Dolni Vestonice site in Moravia, Czech Republic.

More recently, a discovery of a multiple burial that contains the remains of a physically disabled teenager makes some scientists suspect a ritual sacrifice had occurred.

Photograph by Victor R. Boswell, Jr./NGS

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