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Turkish Cave Reveals Neanderthals and Humans Shared Culture for Millenia
Researchers found both species used the same tools and collected the same nonfood shell, suggesting cultural exchange over more than 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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A cave in Turkey was successively inhabited by Neanderthals and modern people. Their behaviors were astoundingly similar
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A common culture of cave dwellers
Kyoto, Japan -- Tens of thousands of years ago, our own species, Homo sapiens, coexisted with Neanderthals, Homo neanderthalensis. Many of us living today carry a small amount of Neanderthal DNA, indicating that the two species may have shared much more than just the same land. Now, a breakthrough archaeological discovery has revealed that the two species did not merely cross paths: they possibly shared a common culture that spanned over 20,000 …
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