article_snippet: but the skull had been later removed.
article_snippet: Dr Robb and Robb colleagues conclude that the cutting technique was not aimed at removing major muscles in butchery.
article_snippet: Dr Robb and his colleagues wrote: 'Instead it seems to have been aimed at removing residual ... muscle tissue by working down the shaft and pulling or cleaning with the hands until some particularly tenacious bit required a few slices to free the shaft. '
article_snippet: We have called this technique 'nick and strip'.'
article_snippet: Dr Robb and his colleagues added that the absence of violence and butchery suggests the flesh was not removed for cannibalism.
article_snippet: In this case, the paradoxical thing is that Dr Robb and his colleagues seem to have cleaned bones and then immediately disposed of Dr Robb and his colleagues. '