Researchers have identified the remains of at least three Neanderthals who lived more than 50,000 years ago from bones found at a cave site.
The remains include a diverse set of anatomical parts including teeth, jaw bones, vertebrae, and limb bones from both the upper and lower extremities.
The circumstances that led to the latest findings are somewhat fortuitous. The vast majority of the remains were first uncovered outside the entrance to the cave during a clandestine dig by amateur Miguel Aznar in the late 1970s. Alongside human bones, he also uncovered animal remains as well as pottery fragments.
"We weren't looking for Neanderthal remains, in the box there were also ceramics, tools and bones. The truth is that we thought everything would be more recent.
"Anatomically [the wisdom tooth] is not the most important piece, but it allowed us to connect it with two more of his teeth also kept in the box," said Juan Ignacio Morales, a researcher at IPHES and the University of Barcelona, and co-director of the excavation,Research at the site has also uncovered stone tools and animal remains, as well as evidence of fire use, indicating that the site was used by Neanderthals as a sporadic camp during the middle of the Paleolithic period, which...
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