The event, scheduled for Wednesday, April 8, starting at 6:00 PM, is part of the scientific and archaeological research conducted at this site. The conference, titled Rituales de pastores (Shepherds' Rituals), is open to all interested individuals and will feature prominent experts in the field.

Among the speakers are Antonio Carvalho, director of the National Museum of Archaeology of Portugal; Primitiva Bueno, Professor of Prehistory at the University of Alcalá de Henares; and Margarita Sánchez Romero, Professor at the University of Granada. Also participating will be Consuelo Roca de Togores and Jorge A. Soler, curators of the temporary exhibition on cannibalism among shepherds, currently on display in the MARQ lobby.

This exhibition, inaugurated last December, presents the results of investigations carried out between 2007 and 2021 by a team of specialists. These works, promoted by the Diputación de Alicante through the MARQ and in collaboration with the Pedreguer City Council, revealed artifacts and remains that provide evidence of ritual cannibalism practices.

Among the exhibited findings are a collection of arrowheads, a skull used as a relic, a vessel, and remains of a child's jawbone. These elements confirmed the first discovery of ritual cannibalism in the Levante Peninsular region within the Neolithic context.

At Cova del Randero, skeletal remains of two children were found, one approximately eight years old and another a newborn. The study of these bones revealed cut marks made with flint tools, fractures for marrow extraction, and human bite marks. These pieces of evidence suggest a particular post-mortem treatment of the bodies, indicating the practice of cannibalism as a funerary rite associated with mourning.