Evolution of Modern Humans:Neanderthals buried their dead like modern humans

Early 20th century, two brothers in southwest France, La Chapelle-aux-Saints in a cave in a pit almost complete Neanderthal skeleton unearthed. Reconnaissance our evolutionary relatives deliberately dead to be buried raised the possibility - at least 50,000 years ago in Europe anatomical before the arrival of modern humans.

These and subsequent discovery of at least 40 from Europe Israel and Iraq , Neanderthal cave dwellers such animal a long thought, actually had a funeral practices suggest that complex as it appeared a few . Yet a significant number of researchers have objected that since the tomb was wrong , cognitive and symbolic behavior may not be representative of any progress .

Now scientists , an international team , La Chapelle - aux - Saints burial was deliberately buried a 13-year re-examination earlier reports that support their claims .

The researchers - archaeologists, geologists and paleoanthropologists from the original excavation of the skeleton - studied , but two children and an adult Neanderthal remains found not only . They mainly bison and deer bones of other animals in the cave , and studied geology burial pits .

Results , Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , in this week's issue , "Western European Neanderthals to support the demands of the complex symbolic behavior ," the scientists reported.

William Rendu , the paper's lead author and Humanities in New York and in Social Sciences International Research Center researcher, burial pit geology " natural phenomena can not be explained ," and "no, it is said in an interview organs immediately after his death was covered sounded ", decomposition and animals by throw mark .

" This application is part of a ritual or just a pragmatic if we do not know well ," Dr. Rendu , published by New York University said in a statement , " exploration behavior lowers the distance between them and us . "

The research center is a collaboration between NYU and the National Center for Scientific Research in France . Archéosphèr much of the fieldwork and the University of Bordeaux in France, involved researchers from a private research firm .

These findings and other recent studies , in light of Dr. rendu ekibidergi concluded in these early burial practices " related to new scientific arguments and evidence furniture with the aim needs to be done " now a general reassessment visible " Neanderthal symbolic behavior surrounding the ongoing debate .

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