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Only a special type of being very close to our own biological design could have taken the first and vital step to technological enlightenment, fire-making.

On today’s show, we hear from two Colorado scientists who recently discovered one of the oldest female infant burial sites in a cave in Europe. We’ll hear their analysis, and what they think life may have been like for the child and her family.

The discovery of the ancient ornate grave of an infant girl provided insight that 10,000 years ago, early humans had complex burial customs. This relic is the oldest discovery in Europe that changed how things were viewed ten millennia ago.

The baby has been dubbed “Neve” by researchers.

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The earliest known burial of a female infant in Europe has convinced some archaeologists that humans living 10,000 years ago considered females as members of society at birth—a...

A Mesolithic girl infant’s remains, surrounded by shell beads, was recently found in a northern Italian cave, shedding new light on Mesolithic burial customs.

Neve was first discovered in the Arma Veirana cave in the Ligurian pre-Alps back in 2017, and then excavated the following year by experts led from the University of Colorado, Denver.

Ten thousand years ago, just after the last Ice Age, a group of hunter-gatherers buried an infant girl in an Italian cave. They entombed her with a rich selection of their treasured beads and pendants, and an eagle-owl talon, signaling their...

The discovery of 'Neve,' who was interred in an Italian cave less than 8 months after she was born, raises important questions on when ancient communities granted full personhood on their youngest members.