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4,000-year-old bones reveal 'unprecedented' violence — tongue removal, cannibalism and evisceration in Bronze Age Britain

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At least 37 people were found in a limestone shaft in southwest England in the 1970s .

At least 30% of the skulls had been fractured around the time of death.

The reason for the brutal mass murder and cannibalism is not clear.

The sheer number of violent deaths and extensive processing of the bodies are extremely unusual for Bronze Age Britain .

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