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Recreating the face of a 75,000-year-old female from a cave where Neanderthals buried their dead
The documentary follows the team led by the universities of Cambridge and Liverpool John Moores as they return to Shanidar Cave to continue excavations. "The skulls of Neanderthals and humans look ...
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The Skeletons of Shanidar Cave: What Can They Tell Us About the Past?
Located in the Zagros mountains in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq, Shanidar Cave served as an important place for ...
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The Skeletons of Shanidar Cave
Shanidar: The First Flower People. Drawing on Solecki’s research, writer Jean Auel mixed fiction and archaeology in her novel, The Clan of the Cave Bear, a 1980 bestseller that humanized ...
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Iraq Cave Discovery Could Unravel Mystery of Neanderthal Death Rites
A Neanderthal skull, flattened by thousands of years of sediment and rock fall, in situ in Shanidar Cave, Iraqi Kurdistan. (Photo by Graeme Barke) (CN) – What’s the difference between accidentally ...
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View of the entrance to Shanidar Cave. (IMAGE)
View of the entrance to Shanidar Cave, within the Zagros Mountains in the Kurdistan region in northern Iraq. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases ...
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The flattened skull of Shanidar Z in situ (IMAGE)
in situ in Shanidar Cave, Iraqi Kurdistan. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use ...