Butchered by "Healthcare" by Robert A. Yoho

Neanderthals lived across Europe and in southwestern to central Asia beginning around 400,000 years ago, according the Smithsonian’s Human Origins Initiative. But the new research, which began in October 2019, shows that the damage was probably actually caused by hyenas.įossilized hyena jawbone found in Italian cave The paleontologist who studied it at the time argued that a large hole in its temple was the result of ritual cannibalism. Per Elisabetta Povoledo of the New York Times, the 1939 discovery of a Neanderthal skull in the cave attracted international attention. Already, an analysis of the Neanderthals’ dental tartar has found that they mainly ate cereals, which contributed to brain growth.

The researchers plan to study the fossils’ DNA to learn more about these ancient human relatives. “A collapse, perhaps caused by an earthquake, sealed this cave for more than 60,000 years, thereby preserving the remains left inside for tens of thousands of years.” “It is a spectacular find,” Rolfo tells the Guardian. The team surveying the cave also found the fossilized remains of hyenas, rhinoceroses, giant deer and wild horses. The newly discovered remains belong to one woman, seven men and a young boy. “Hyenas hunted them, especially the most vulnerable, like sick or elderly individuals,” Mario Rolfo, an archaeologist at Tor Vergata University, tells the Guardian. The new find makes the location “one of the most significant places in the world for the history of Neanderthals,” says the Italian Ministry of Culture in a statement, per a translation by the Associated Press (AP).Īs Lorenzo Tondo reports for the Guardian, Stone Age hyenas used the cave as a den and likely targeted the Neanderthals as prey. Researchers had previously found a Neanderthal skull in the cave in 1939. One of the early humans lived 90,000 to 100,000 years ago, while the others lived between 50,000 and 68,000 years ago. Archaeologists surveying the Guattari Cave, near Rome, have discovered the fossilized remains of nine Neanderthals.

Butchered by &quot;Healthcare&quot; by Robert A. Yoho

Butchered by "Healthcare" by Robert A. Yoho