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that’s not what they say it happened. The human remains accumulated there over time.

From the article:

> Experts believe the individuals lived in different time periods. Some bones could be as old as 50,000 to 68,000 years, whereas the most ancient remains are believed to be 100,000 years old.




It’s surprising to me how large those bone fragments are. Hyenas crush bone and have spectacularly strong jaws. If that cave was somewhere they lived or rested, I’d have expected any bones to be completely destroyed by chewing, yet the photo doesn’t show that.


Hyenas eat bones to supplement their calcium and phosphorus intake. Well-fed hyenas without such deficiencies would likely not bother.




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