First known Neanderthal burial rituals

• Autores: Richard Gray
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3093, 2016, pág. 14
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Burning through the darkness, the fires would have lit up the cave around where the young child lay. The remains of a series of small tires discovered within a dolomite hillside 93 kilometers north of Madrid Spain, could be the first firm evidence that Neanderthals held funerals. The blackened hearths surround a spot where the Jaw and six teeth of a Neanderthal toddler were found in the stony sediment. Puzzingly, within each of these hearths was the horn or antler of a herbivore, apparently carefully placed there. In total, there were 30 horns from aurochs and bison as well as red deer antlers, and a rhino skull nearby.