Archaeology: Neanderthals DID bury their dead, new analysis of a 41,000-year-old skeleton reveals
The remains of a two-year-old Neanderthal who died some 41,000 years ago had been lain carefully in a grave that was covered with fresh soil, a study has concluded. The poor child’s skeleton was unearthed in 1973 from a rock shelter at the La Ferrassie dig site in Savignac-de-Miremont, Dordogne, southwest France. Researchers from France re-examined the … Read more