Turkish Cave Reveals Neanderthals and Humans Shared Culture for Millenia
Researchers said the two human groups used similar tools and collected the same nonfood shells, pointing to possible cultural transmission over 20,000 years.
- Published on Monday in PNAS, new research suggests Neanderthals and Homo sapiens shared cultural practices at a cave in Turkey, indicating both groups may have engaged in similar symbolic behaviors.
- Neanderthals occupied the cave between approximately 77,000 and 59,000 years ago, followed by Homo sapiens until 47,000 years ago, with both groups employing similar hunting strategies and stone-tool technologies.
- Excavations revealed that both populations collected Columbella shells, a behavior previously considered exclusive to Homo sapiens, with shells showing signs of deliberate heating and piercing for stringing.
- "These two distinct but closely related human groups were probably sharing symbolic preferences," said co-author Naoki Morimoto, paleoanthropologist at Kyoto University, indicating deep cultural interaction.
- Ongoing excavations at the site may clarify whether cultural similarities emerged from direct contact or interbreeding, helping researchers build a more comprehensive picture of human evolution during the Late Pleistocene.
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Ancient Cave in Turkey Reveals Neanderthals and Humans Shared the Same Culture
Human fossil remains of Üçağızlı II Cave. Credit: İsmail Baykara / CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 New archaeological evidence shows that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens displayed strikingly similar behaviors while living in a cave located in what is now Turkey. according to a study published in the journal PNAS. The research was led by İsmail Baykara of the Department of Archaeology at Gaziantep University. The findings come from Üçağızlı II Cave, a site along T…
By Katie Hunt, CNN. Ancient DNA revealed that our species, Homo sapiens, interbred with Neanderthals at some point in history, but what were those encounters really like during the Stone Age tens of thousands of years ago? Findings uncovered in a cave in what is now Turkey suggest that... The post Discoveries in a prehistoric cave suggest a shared culture between Neanderthals and humans appeared first on KVIA.
A cave in Turkey was successively inhabited by Neanderthals and modern people. Their behaviors were astoundingly similar
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