Neanderthal Child's Tooth Found in Palestinian Cave Tells A Tale of Africa
Neanderthal Child’s Tooth Found in Palestinian Cave Tells A Tale of Africa A team of archaeologists from the Max Planck Institute recently reexamined a set of artifacts recovered from the Shuqba Cave, which included a Neanderthal child’s tooth. It is the first evidence that Neanderthals made it that far south and makes it highly possible that Neanderthals could have reached Africa. The Shuqba Cave is located in the Hebron Hills of the Palestinian West Bank, 17 miles (28 kilometers) northwest of Jerusalem. The artifact collection from the cave was held at the Natural History Museum in Lon...