Slider

Science

SCITECH

AMAZING FACTS

NATURE SPACE

Psychology

A few fragmentary bones thought to be the remains of Neanderthals actually belonged to medieval Italians, new research finds.
Medieval human tooth
The study is a reanalysis of a tooth, which was found in in a cave in northeastern Italy along with a finger bone and another tooth. Originally, researchers identified these scraps as belonging to Neanderthals, the early cousins of humans who went extinct about 30,000 years ago. Instead, the new study reveals the bones to belong to modern Homo sapiens.
There's no telling whom the original owner of the teeth and finger was, but the cave where they were discovered was both a hermitage, or dwelling place, and the site of a grisly medieval massacre. [8 Disturbing Archaeological Discoveries]

«
Next
Newer Post
»
Previous
Older Post

No comments:

Post a Comment


Top