It has been suggested he was a victim of cannibalism. Cheddar Man, a human skeleton dating from around 7150 BC, has unusual cuts on his skull.
Finds made in the El Sidrón cave in Spain also show evidence of endo-cannibalism. The 100,000-year-old bones of six Neanderthals found in the Moula-Guercy Cave, France, had been broken by other Neanderthals in such a way as to extract marrow and brains.Other individuals, such as artist Rick Gibson and journalist William Seabrook, have legally consumed human flesh out of curiosity or to attract attention to themselves. Some murderers, such as Albert Fish, Boone Helm, Andrei Chikatilo, and Jeffrey Dahmer, are known to have devoured their victims after killing them. More recent well-documented examples include the Essex sinking in 1820, the Donner Party in 18, and the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 in 1972. Classical antiquity recorded numerous references to cannibalism during siege starvations. Occasionally, starving people have resorted to cannibalism for survival necessity. Historically, numerous tribal organisations have engaged in cannibalism, although very few are thought to continue the practice to this day. Accounts of human cannibalism date back as far as prehistoric times, and some anthropologists suggest that cannibalism was common in human societies as early as the Paleolithic. This is a list of incidents of cannibalism, or anthropophagy, as the consumption of human flesh or internal organs by other human beings. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.