Recent studies have unveiled significant insights into ancient European cultures, revealing practices and complexities previously unknown. Research highlights the Gravettian culture's resilience and technological advancements, which left a lasting impact over a 20,000-year mark in Ice Age Europe. Further investigations into Neolithic Europe have uncovered evidence of widespread ritual sacrifice, suggesting it was a common practice across the continent. French researchers have identified the unusual burial positions of three women from 5600 years ago as evidence of ritual strangulation. Additionally, new findings on the Denisovans illustrate the complexity of early human ancestors. Studies indicate that ritualized human sacrifice was not only prevalent but shaped the Early and Middle Neolithic periods across Central and Southern Europe, with murders consistent with a tradition of ritual sacrifice spanning at least two millennia. A gruesome study revealed that women in Neolithic Europe were killed in a manner resembling Mafia-style murders, with their legs bent behind their backs and tied to their necks.
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The original Mafia-style murders: Women in Neolithic Europe were killed by having their legs bent behind their backs and tied to their necks 5,500 years ago, gruesome study finds https://t.co/5CGmF20zjD https://t.co/HkjQBvI7uT
Neolithic murders are consistent with a tradition of ritual sacrifice spanning at least two millennia, according to a new study. https://t.co/LUwcP5OiyX https://t.co/FGsyu60tfQ
New evidence of commonly conducted ritualized human sacrifice across Europe in the Stone Age: “A ritual murder shaped the Early and Middle Neolithic across Central and Southern Europe” https://t.co/cwq1YZIeKv
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