Human bones found at Gough 's Cave in Cheddar Gorge , Skulls , bore cuts and bite marks proving the people there engaged in ritual cannibalism . The remains have been found to be 14,700 years ago and belonged to prehistoric modern human hunter-gatherers known as the Magdalenians . Somerset found in the cave also had been cut and shaped into bowls and cups . Researchers at the Natural History Museum in London believe cannibalism may have been regular part of disposing of dead relatives at the time .
Human bones found at Gough 's Cave in Cheddar Gorge , Somerset , bore cuts and bite marks proving the people there engaged in ritual cannibalism . The remains have been found to be 14,700 years ago and belonged to prehistoric modern human hunter-gatherers known as the Magdalenians . Skulls found in the cave also had been cut and shaped into bowls and cups . Researchers at the Natural History Museum in London believe cannibalism may have been regular part of disposing of dead relatives at the time .