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archaeologists belonging Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution (IPHES-CERCA) found on the site cave of them Teixoneres from Barcelona city Moya human remains Neanderthals more than
archaeologists belonging Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution (IPHES-CERCA) found on the site cave of them Teixoneres from Barcelona city Moya human remains Neanderthals more than 52 thousand years old with traces of being cannibalized.
The recovered remains correspond to two fragments of the occipital bone (back of the skull) of a young Neanderthal.
According to IPHES-CERCA director Robert Sahl, this is an “extremely unique find” as these skull remains correspond to the fourth person found at the site since the first human remains appeared in 2016.
In addition, studies have revealed cut marks on the surface of some of these bones, which are interpreted as the result of cannibalistic activity.
Along with these remains, at least four people of varying ages have been found at the site since the remains of a Neanderthal child were discovered in 2016.
Since then, more isolated human remains have been discovered that can be attributed to at least three different individuals: a child around 6-7 years old, another over 11 years old, and a third senile person.
Now, during the campaign, which is being carried out in June of this year, the remains of a fourth individual were found, two fragments of the same occipital in full development, although it already has well-formed occipital-mastoid sutures, which, due to its physical characteristics, it could belong to an underage individual, almost an adult.
This large number of human remains makes Cova de les Teisoneres one of the most important enclaves for discovering the Neanderthal world.
According to research done so far, all these remains have a slightly higher chronology than 52 thousand years and they were scattered over the same surface at the entrance to the cavity, and mixed with the bones and teeth of other animals that these people hunted.
Although it was initially difficult to ascertain the exact reasons for their presence in the cave, the discovery of cut marks on the collarbone suggests that they were processed by other Neanderthals and quite possibly eaten by their relatives, Sala points out.
In addition, the remains of these individuals are highly fragmented, likely to gain access to the marrow and other nutrients contained in their bones.
This makes most of them very difficult to recognize and distinguish from other animals, especially in the case of the remains of children.
To alleviate this difficulty, the team is using very specialized biomolecular techniques to identify them and conduct research. DNA, both mitochondrial and nuclear, and these studies are expected to increase the number of identified human remains.
This is not the first documented case of cannibalism among Neanderthals, but the first identified in Catalonia, and although anthropophagy does not appear to have been common among these people, in Europe there are some sites that suggest similar practices, which leads archaeologists to think that there will be other similar cases in the future.
In addition to IPHES-CERCA members, the team collaborates with researchers from other institutions such as the laboratory ICArEHB V University of the Algarve (Portugal), He National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET, Argentina) and the University of Glasgow, In addition to Spanish universities, Castile la Mancha And Complutense Madrid.
(EFE)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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