Calotte Fossil Skull Connects Continents - And Shows How The First Modern Humans Came To Europe
Saturday, February 14, 2015 - 21:50
in Paleontology & Archaeology
In Manot, a karstic cave in the North of Israel close to the Lebanese border, excavations that began in 2010 have documented the peopling of the cave for over 100,000 years. Around 30,000 years ago, the roof of the cave collapsed and sealed the archaeological layers until the 21st century. Beside stone tools and animal bones, some few human remains were preserved. The most spectacular finding was made on an elevated shelf within a small chamber of the cave: a very well preserved "calotte", the upper part of a braincase. The facial bones which contain a lot of diagnostic traits were missing. read more