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The pelvis of one male had a bone spear point embedded in it. Others had severe skull fractures. [10] [11] [12] Children and teenagers were buried with more grave goods than were adults, indicating the high value placed on children. Skeletons included one of a male aged about 15 who had spina bifida. All of his bones were found to have been ...
The bones of the newborn or unborn infants consisted of some whole skeletons as well as dismembered femurs and skulls. These remains are particularly intriguing since they point to the possibility of human sacrifice , a ritual without direct evidence in the Olmec archaeological record.
The archaeological site of Atapuerca is located in the province of Burgos in the north of Spain and is notable for its evidence of early human occupation. Bone fragments from around 800,000 years ago, found in its Gran Dolina cavern, provide the oldest known evidence of hominid settlement in Western Europe and of hominid cannibalism anywhere in the world.
Fossils recovered from an old mine in Morocco have rocked one of the most enduring foundations of the human origin story.
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It consists of the mummified head, trunk, and left forelimb of a mammoth calf. It was recovered from muck near a prehistoric scraper. [5] Fishhook Mammoth [7] Shoreline banks of the estuary of the Upper Taimyra River, Taymyr Peninsula, Siberian Federal District. [7] 1990-1992 [7] 20,620±70 [7] Partial woolly mammoth carcass [7] Jarkov Mammoth ...
In 2017, broken mastodon bones at the site were dated to around 130,700 years ago. The bones were found with cobblestones displaying use-wear and impact marks among the otherwise fine-grain sands. Researchers have proposed that these marks were caused by the intentional breakage of the broken bones by hominins using the cobblestones. [ 1 ]
The cranium was fully intact including all of its teeth from the time of death. [11] All major bones were found except the sternum and a few in the hands and feet. [12] After further study, Chatters concluded it was "a male of late middle age (40–55 years), and tall (170 to 176 cm, 5′7″ to 5′9″), and was fairly muscular with a slender build". [11]