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Ancient Footprints Reveal Neanderthal Family Hunts on Beaches
PORTUGAL, JUL 15 – Fossilized footprints indicate Neanderthals, including children, foraged and hunted along Portugal's Atlantic coast, showing advanced adaptation to coastal environments, researchers say.
- Researchers published a study in Scientific Reports revealing fossilized Neanderthal footprints along Portugal's Atlantic coast, including Algarve, dated around 82,000 and 78,000 years ago.
- This discovery followed prior evidence of Neanderthal use of coastal caves and open-air sites, addressing the scarcity of direct proof of their coastal activities.
- At Monte Clérigo, researchers found 26 footprints attributed to at least one adult male , one child aged 7–9, and a toddler near a dune, alongside red deer tracks.
- The authors reported uncovering the earliest confirmed indications of Neanderthal presence along Portugal's Atlantic shoreline, suggesting that hunting on the beach may have been a group activity involving family members.
- These findings imply Neanderthals extensively used coastal ecosystems for movement, foraging, and hunting, challenging views of them as strictly inland hunters and showing behavioral adaptability.
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First Neanderthal Footprints Found in Portugal Reveal Life 80,000 Years Ago
Reconstituted scenario of the Monte Clérigo tracksite. Credit: Carlos Neto de Carvalho et al. / CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Researchers have uncovered the first known Neanderthal footprints in Portugal, providing rare insight into how these early humans navigated the region’s coastal dunes nearly 80,000 years ago. The discovery, detailed in a study published in Scientific Reports, includes two newly identified track sites along Portugal’s southwestern coast…
Ancient footprints reveal Neanderthal family hunts on beaches
Ancient footprints found near the shores of Portugal's Algarve region are giving us fresh insights into the lives of coastal-dwelling Neanderthals. An international study led by Carlos Neto de Carvalho of the University of Lisbon and the Naturtejo UNESCO Global Geopark has revealed how Neanderthal families may have hunted together on the beach.
Scientists conducting archaeological research in Portugal have discovered the oldest Neanderthal footprints in the country. The article, "Oldest Neanderthal Footprints in Portugal. Sensational Discovery from Monte Clérigo," comes from the website Wszystko co mojego.
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