Bronze Age Cannibals Discovered
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•Britain's cannibal vicitims seen for the first time in 4,500 years
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More than 3,000 human bones and bone fragments were unearthed in a hamlet in Somerset .
They were first discovered in a 15m -deep shaft in the 1970s and represent at least 37 individuals - a mix of men, women and children.
Analysis of human remains dating back to 2500BC indicates that dozens of people were killed, butchered and consumed during a very violent incident.
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