Prehistoric cave discoveries hint at shared culture between Neanderthals and humans
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By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Ancient DNA revealed that our species, Homo sapiens, once interbred with Neanderthals, but what was the nature of those Stone Age encounters tens of thousands of years ago? Discoveries unearthed in a cave in what’s now Turkey indicate the two groups did not merely cross p…
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Neanderthals and modern humans may have shared culture 59,000 years ago in Turkey, study finds
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Prehistoric cave discoveries hint at shared culture between Neanderthals and humans
Fossils, stone tools and seashells in Turkey show that Neanderthals and the Homo sapiens who moved in later had the same hunting strategies and symbolic traditions even without overlapping at the site, suggesting they may have shared information.
By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Ancient DNA revealed that our species, Homo sapiens, once interbred with Neanderthals, but what was the nature of those Stone Age encounters tens of thousands of years ago? Discoveries unearthed in a cave in what’s now Turkey indicate the two groups did not merely cross p…
