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New analysis of the Skhūl I skull: One of the oldest human burials in the world
In 1931, the Skhūl I fossil was uncovered at Mugharat es-Skhūl (the Cave of the Children), also known as Skhūl Cave, Israel.
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A Child’s Skull That Has Long Confounded Archaeologists Might Be a Human-Neanderthal Hybrid, Study Suggests
According to new CT scans and models, parts of the 140,000-year-old skull resemble those of modern humans, while the jaw appears to be more similar to those of our extinct relatives ...
Ancient skull may have been half human, half Neanderthal child
"Humans picked up some Neanderthal DNA through interbreeding, while the Neanderthal population, always fairly small, was ...
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Diver Finds Human Skull Bone Underwater – Police Notified - MSN
What started as a routine dive turned chilling when we uncovered what looked like part of a human skull—police were called immediately.
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140,000-year-old child's skull may have been part modern human, part Neanderthal — but not everyone is convinced
A child buried in the world's oldest human cemetery had both modern human (Homo sapiens) and Neanderthal characteristics, ...