http://www.newsweek.com/climate-change-neanderthals-cannibalism-1383342 > French researchers say they have found evidence that a group of Neanderthals was forced into cannibalism because their living conditions had become increasinlgy desperate, likely because of rapid climate change. > During the last interglacial period—between 128,000 and 114,000 years ago—the Earth’s climate experienced significant warming, which altered ecosystems and caused a geographical redistribution of plants and animals, according to a study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science.