viernes, 22 de noviembre de 2013

Israeli Homo neanderthalensis: 70,000 Years Of Human Occupation?

... We are in Nesher Ramla, Israel, an open-air site located in an interesting geological landscape, which has presented archaeologists with a rather special treasure trove of zooarchaeological and lithic deposits. The karstic landscape in which this site is situated, has numerous depressions characteristic of chemically eroded carbonate rocks. An 8m thick depression at the site revealed a collection of stone tools and animal remains. While the team of scientists say something about the lithics and their accompanying animal remains, the aim of the paper involves the need to firmly date the remains.

Figure 1. Location map, photograph (view from the east) and cross-section of the Nesher Ramla karst depression.
The bottom of the 8m sequence was dated to 170,000 years ago. If you are not well up on your prehistoric Levantine archaeology, that makes Nesher Ramla the oldest Middle Palaeolithic site in this part of the world.[...] heritagedaily.com

Link 2: Paleoantropología hoy: Nesher Ramla. Nuevo yacimiento musteriense en Israel.  (B&W 2) 

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