Researchers at the Museum of Archaeology and Paleontology in Madrid, Spain have uncovered a chamber of a cave filled with 35 skulls of long-dead herbivores. The skulls are assumed to have been placed there by groups of Neanderthals, a close relative to the modern human.
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The cave, known as the Cueva Des-Cubierta, is in the north Madrid region of Spain. Researchers initially discovered it in 2009, but this collection of skulls was not found until recently – reigniting the debate surrounding just how advanced our genetic relatives were.
Neanderthal-related findings are common in the Cueva Des-Cubierta. Researchers believe Neanderthals used the cave periodically as a place of ritual, and maybe even as a burial ground. The cave itself is about 80 meters long and varies in width from two to four meters.
Archaeological findings in the cave have been located on two main levels, ...
