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Bookmark or Share- Shanidar Cave - WikipediaShanidar Cave (Kurdish: ئەشکەوتی شانەدەر, romanized: Eşkewtî Şaneder, Arabic: كَهَف شانِدَر) is an archaeological site on Bradost Mountain, within the Zagros Mountains in the Erbil Governorate of Kurdistan Region in northern Iraq.
- Shanidar | Cave, Map, Location, & Neanderthal | BritannicaShanidar, site of paleoanthropological excavations in the Zagros Mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan. Two clusters of human fossils discovered at the Shanidar cave between 1953 and 1960 provide information on the geographic range of Neanderthals and on their relationship to earlier archaic humans.
- Shanidar Z: what did Neanderthals do with their dead?Story: Fred Lewsey. Traces of pollen among a cache of Neanderthal skeletons discovered in the mid-20th century led to contentious claims of a ‘flower burial’ and human-like death rituals. Now, the legendary site has been re-excavated, revealing a further body...
- Shanidar 3 - Neanderthal Skeleton | The Smithsonian ...45,000 – 35,000 years old. This fossilized Neanderthal skeleton, on display in the Hall of Human Origins, is one of 10 individuals excavated from Shanidar Cave in Iraq. The site yielded one of the largest samples of Neanderthal fossils found anywhere in the world.
- Home | Shanidar CaveShanidar Cave is famous for the discovery of the skeletal remains of at least 10 Neanderthals during excavations by Ralph Solecki between 1951 and 1960, and by the current Shanidar Cave Project. Find out about the archaeological discoveries at Shanidar Cave, Iraqi Kurdistan.
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