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A team from the University of Murcia, led by Professor Michael Walker, has been described in the American magazine "PNAS" first articulated skeleton (found as death) of an adult Neanderthal dug in the European Mediterranean coast.
The excavation was carried out at the Sima de las Palomas Cabezo Gordo (Torre Pacheco, Murcia) and represents the most complete skeleton from the calf to the skull, missing foot-recovered adult Neanderthal in Europe over the last forty years.
The skeleton has the female pelvis most complete Neanderthal ever found, which, once cleared, will allow researchers at the University of Murcia deeper into aspects of reproductive biology of the Neanderthals.
Moreover, as a nearly complete skeleton has been able to compare its size with other northern European Neanderthals, the Mediterranean result of lower height.
The remains were discovered under an accumulation of boulders and lying on your side with arms bent and hands near the face, a position he repeated in other skeletons, which suggests that the authors are trying to prevent the deterioration of the bodies by hyenas and leopards.
The article documents the presence of burnt bones of horses and other animals, besides other Neanderthal remains at the place where the body was found, suggesting that the site was considered special by prehistoric people.
The anatomical investigation was coordinated by Erik Trinkaus of Washington University in Saint Louis.
Professor Walker presented today at the Chancellor of the University of Murcia results and assumptions made in the study, in an event which brought together researchers Rodrigáñez Juan Ortega and Mariano López Martínez, who, along with complete Parmová Klara the author team.
The Vice Chancellor for Research Excellence and Campus of the University of Murcia, Juan María Vázquez, congratulated Professor Walker and his group for their work in the Cabezo Gordo, which he said is one of the large deposits of Spain.
The importance of this archaeological site in the southeast Spanish for the study of Neanderthals was also highlighted by the Director of Fine Arts and Cultural Heritage of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Enrique Ujaldón.
Source: Universidad de Murcia
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