Why did Neanderthals and humans bury their dead? Scientists have a new theory.
The two species began burying their dead at roughly the same time and place. Now some archaeologists think competition may have played a role in burials.
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Neanderthals Buried Their Dead, But In Strangely Different Ways
Early Homo sapiens and their Neanderthal cousins started burying their dead around the same time and roughly the same place, ...
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Neanderthals and early humans started burying their dead at the same time — and it may be more about competition than honoring the dead
Researchers propose a stunning new theory for why Neanderthals and humans started to bury their dead at the same time.
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Study Compares Modern Human and Neanderthal Burials in the Levant
Burial of a 10-month-old Neanderthal with red deer jawbone leaning against the pelvis HAIFA, ISRAEL—A study conducted by Ella ...
Ancient graves reveal distinct burial practices of Neanderthals and early humans in the Levant
A study published in L'Anthropologie by Professor Ella Been from Ono Academic College and Dr. Omry Barzilai from the ...
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Neanderthals Buried Their Dead, But In Strangely Different Ways
Finding a number of the sites date earlier than other Neanderthal burials in Europe and Homo sapiens burials in Africa, the study suggests this is where the practice of burying the dead first began.
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Our ancestor Lucy may have used tools more than 3 million years ago
An analysis looking at the hand bones of australopithecines, apes and humans reveals that tool use likely evolved before the ...