'In recent years we have seen increasing evidence that Neanderthals were more sophisticated than previously thought,' researcher Emma Pomeroy said.
The find was made at the Shanidar Cave, which became an iconic Paleolithic site in the mid-20th century after researcher Ralph Solecki uncovered the partial remains of 10 Neanderthals there.
Since 2015, a team of scientists led by Graeme Barker and Emma Pomeroy from the University of Cambridge in the U.K. have been carrying out research at the site, after being approached by the Kurdish Regional Government in 2011 to conduct renewed excavations. "What we have found is the articulated skeleton of the upper body of an older adult Neanderthal," Pomeroy said."The skeleton is reclining on its back, with the left arm tucked under the head, and the right arm bent and sticking out to the side.
The newly uncovered skeleton, alongside previous finds at the site indicate that Neanderthals may have been deliberately returning to the same location in the cave to bury their dead, the researchers say. In addition, there were no rocks directly on top of this and the other skeletons in this cluster, suggesting that rockfall is unlikely to have killed the Neanderthals, and although some have suggested they may have died while asleep from the cold, environmental data suggests that this was not a very cold time, so that makes death from exposure unlikely, according to the researchers.
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