Neanderthal Cannibals Targeted Specific Victims

Evidence that Neanderthal cannibals were specifically targeting small women and children has been uncovered from bones found in a cave in Belgium. Also in the news: the first potential instance of wolves using tools has been documented, scientists have learned that pigeons can detect the Earth’s magnetic field thanks to a compass-like system in the inner ear, and much more! Get Boris the Borealopelta: https://plushfoundry.com/products/bor... ⭐ Support us on Patreon for 7DoS and Ben G Thomas behind-the-scenes, bloopers, extra adventures and more! Join our Patreon:   / bengthomas   📰 Subscribe for the latest science news every Wednesday! Intro music by Matt D Holloway: https://goo.gl/9wX4ht Cool Vibes - Film Noire by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... Artist: http://incompetech.com/ 📱 Social Media: ►Instagram:   / 7daysofscience   ►TikTok:   / bengthomas   📜 Credits: Presented by Ben G Thomas Written by Douglas James, Ben Thomas and Nicky Thomas 7 Days of Science is produced by Douglas James and Ben Thomas 7 Days of Science logo, graphics and more have been designed by Michael Buhler Sources: Neanderthals were highly selective in their cannibalism: https://www.nature.com/articles/s4159... https://bsky.app/profile/quentin-cosn... https://www.livescience.com/archaeolo... The evolution of kissing: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science... Wolves using tools: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/1... https://www.science.org/content/artic... Pigeons magnetism: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/s... https://www.nature.com/articles/d4158... First definite multituberculate mammal Notopolytheles joelis from South America: https://www.nature.com/articles/s4159... New species of sauropod dinosaur Mamenchisaurus sanjiangensis from China: https://www.nature.com/articles/s4159... Anchiornis was flightless: https://www.nature.com/articles/s4200... Theia moves again: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/s... https://www.sci.news/space/moon-formi... Krill trawling: https://oceanographicmagazine.com/fea... COP30 roundup: https://unfccc.int/cop30 https://www.iisd.org/articles/insight... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c... https://www.theguardian.com/environme... https://cop30.br/en Chapters: 0:00 - Headlines 0:37 - Neanderthals were highly selective in their cannibalism 4:00 - The evolution of kissing 5:21 - A wolf using a tool? 6:28 - How pigeons navigate 7:42 - First confirmed multituberculate from South America 9:01 - New species of sauropod dinosaur 9:44 - Anchiornis was flightless 10:51 - Protoplanet Theia moves again 11:53 - Impacts of krill trawling 13:06 - COP30 concludes 14:03 - BORIS