Study: Neanderthals Buried Their Dead

Research continues to show that Neanderthals were much more advanced than previously thought. A recent revelation is that man’s ancestor buried their dead much in the same way we do. An international team of archeologists came to that conclusion after a 13-year study of remains discovered in southwestern France. “This discovery not only confirms the existence of Neanderthal burials in Western Europe, but also reveals a relatively sophisticated cognitive capacity to produce them,”...

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