'Pit of Bones' skulls suggest human evolution was like 'Game Of Thrones'

In a cave called ‘Pit of the Bones’ in Spain’s Atapuerca mountains, 17 primitive Neanderthal skulls have been found that suggest early humans underwent a Game of Thrones-like evolution, full of turbulence and conflict.

Notwithstanding the bleakness of its name, Sima de los Huesos (translates as 'Pit of the Bones') has been a boon for scientists have digging in its depths for the past four decades. And what they've uncovered there in the darkness could alter the way we think about how human evolution took shape over the past million years.