Ancientist

A newly published study has reshaped our understanding of one of Europe’s most intriguing Neandertal assemblages. Human remains unearthed in the Troisième caverne of Goyet in Belgium—dated to between 41,000 and 45,000 years ago—do not fit the demographic profile expected from a natural death assemblage.Instead, the bones speak of selection: non-local, gracile adult and adolescent…