Neanderthals and Homo-sapiens in Prehistoric Israel
From the blog of Arik Haglili at The Times of Israel
Source: timesofisrael.com
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From the blog of Arik Haglili at The Times of Israel
Modern humans settled where Neanderthals had lived and copied their burial practices -- they had every opportunity to discover their egg-shaped skulls.
The three animals appearing most often in ancient human burials over the greatest span of time were red deer, snails and a variety of birds. Animals with regenerative qualities were buried with children across ancient cultures.
The most ancient human species includes fossils that date to the time at which our lineage separated from the lineages leading to chimpanzees and bonobos.