remains of up to 300 Neolithic farmers excavated in Scaloria Cave , in Puglia Italy . archaeologists found delicate cut marks from stone tools on the bones . They believe the bones had been stripped of stone as part of a burial ritual . The bones may have been scattered in the cave to ' return them to stone '
Bones of up to 31 Neolithic farmers found in Scaloria Cave , in Puglia Italy . Archaeologists found delicate cut marks from stone tools on the bones . They believe the bones had been stripped of flesh as part of a burial ritual . The bones may have been scattered in the cave to 'return them to stone '