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New Study Reveals Neandertals Targeted Outsider Women in Ritual Cannibalism
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…
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Oldest Known Spinal Disorders Found in 225-Million-Year-Old Fossils
Fossil excavations in Krasiejów, Poland, have revealed that prehistoric amphibians were far more fragile than once thought. Researchers from the Paleobiology Center at Opole University have identified the earliest recorded spinal disorders in fossils of the genus Metoposaurus, distant relatives of modern frogs and salamanders. The findings, published in Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group), show…