🇧🇪 Belgium

Ichthyosaurus

227 Ma

Marine reptiles Valid 2 occ.

Plesiosaurus

206 Ma

Marine reptiles Valid 2 occ.

Megalosaurus

206 Ma

Dinosaurs Valid 1 occ.

Mosasaurus

101 Ma

Marine reptiles Valid 1 occ.

Neanderthals may have hunted and eaten outsiders, chilling cannibalism study finds

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A cave in Belgium has revealed unsettling evidence that Neanderthals selectively cannibalized outsiders, focusing on women and children. The victims weren’t from the local group and appear to have been treated like prey, with bones butchered for meat and marrow. This suggests the behavior wasn’t ritual, but practical—or possibly linked to intergroup conflict. The discovery paints a darker, more complex picture of Neandertal life during their final millennia.

11/04/2026 sciencedaily-fossils

Iguanodon

Belgium Iguanodon Iguanodontidae

Olorotitan

Belgium museum Olorotitan