Wednesday 19 February 2020

Neanderthal found in Iraqi Kurdistan

Image courtesy of Christopher P.E. Zollikofer, Anthropological Institute, University of Zurich.


Joel Kontinen

A Neanderthal skull has been found in the Shanidar Cave in Iraqi Kurdistan is a hotspot for Neanderthal remains.

Pressumed to have lived have lived 70,000 years ago, the middle-aged or older adult are now in the at the University of Cambridge, where his or hers remains are analysed.

We already know that Neanderthals were fully human and they lived mostly in Europe in the same way we do. We belief that they lived in Europe ater the flood of Noah’s day.

Source

Geggel, Laura. 2020. Photos: Squashed skull of 70,000-year-old Neanderthal discovered in cave. Live Science (19 February).