Neanderthal flower burial theory called into question by new study - CNN
Sep 6, 2023 · CNN — A grave unearthed in 1960 led researchers to hypothesize that Neanderthals interred their dead with flowers — challenging the prevailing view that the ancient humans were dumb and brutish....
Shanidar Cave - Wikipedia
For many years, Shanidar 4 was thought to provide strong evidence for a Neanderthal burial ritual. Routine soil samples from around the body, gathered for pollen analysis in an attempt to reconstruct the palaeoclimate and vegetational history …
Shanidar Z: what did Neanderthals do with their dead?
Traces of pollen among a cache of Neanderthal skeletons discovered in the mid-20 th century led to contentious claims of a ‘flower burial’ and human-like death rituals. Now, the legendary site has been re-excavated, revealing a further body...
Neanderthal Burials Confirmed as Ancient Ritual - National …
Dec 16, 2013 · A Neanderthal skeleton first unearthed in a cave in southwestern France over a century ago was intentionally buried, according to a new 13-year reanalysis of the site.
New Neanderthal remains associated with the ‘flower burial’ at …
Feb 18, 2020 · Recent excavations have revealed the articulated upper body of an adult Neanderthal located close to the ‘flower burial’ location—the first articulated Neanderthal discovered in over 25 years. Stratigraphic evidence suggests that …
Neanderthal burials: Child’s skeleton buried 41,000 years ago ... - CNN
Jan 5, 2021 · A new analysis of a 41,000 year-old skeleton of a Neanderthal child, found in a French cave in the 1970s, provides fresh evidence that the Stone Age hominins intentionally buried their dead.
New Evidence Suggests That Neandertals Buried Their Dead
Mar 1, 2014 · Around 60,000 years ago, in a small limestone cave in what is now central France, Neandertals dug a grave and laid an elderly member of their clan to rest.
New Evidence Suggests Intentional Burials and Use of Symbols by …
Jun 5, 2023 · Bodies of H. naledi adults and several children estimated to be younger than 13 years of age were deposited in fetal positions, which suggests intentional burial of the dead.
Skeleton found in cave could reveal Neanderthal death rites
Feb 18, 2020 · CNN — Around 70,000 years ago, a Neanderthal was laid to rest in Shanidar Cave. Excavations in recent years have slowly revealed its entire upper body, including a lower back, the clenched bones...
Pluridisciplinary evidence for burial for the La Ferrassie 8 …
Dec 9, 2020 · La Ferrassie has yielded seven partial or complete Neandertal skeletons: two adults (possibly a male and a female) and five partial skeletons of children of different ages-at-death (Supplementary...