Buried together, a child and a llama were part of a mass sacrificial killing that included more than 140 children and over 200 llamas in the Huanchaquito-Las Llamas site in coastal Peru near Trujillo.
Gabriel Prieto/National Geographic
Archaeologists discovered the remains of more than 140 children in Peru, children who they believe were sacrificed because of heavy rains.
Their skeletons were found on an excavated site formally known as Huanchaquito-Las Llamas — ground that was controlled by the Chimú Empire some 550 years ago, reported National Geographic in an exclusive published on Thursday.
Researchers believe that both boys and girls between the ages of 5 and 14 were killed by expert hands. The victims appear to be from different ethnic groups and were brought to the bluff from faraway places in the Chimús’ vast empire.
Peruvian archaeologist Gabriel Prieto…
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Exposing the Big Game 
Somebody needs to write a book: “The Case for Rational Misanthropy”. It could be 500-1000 pages, of small print!
Good idea…
😦 Oh my gosh. What kind of creatures can do these things? I just hate to think of children, llamas, suffering like this, and for mistaken beliefs at that.
Answer: Only humans are capable of such things.
Yep. Humans throughout history.