Neanderthal Children May Have Collected Fossils,
Just Like Modern Kids Collect Stickers
Yet more evidence that Neanderthals were like us.
Benjamin Taub, IFLScience, November 18, 2024
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Fossil collection found in Neanderthal cave suggests abstract thinking
Justin Jackson , Phys.org, November 20, 2024
[phys.org]

The open access paper is:

Navazo Ruiz, M., Benito-Calvo, A., Lozano-Francisco,
M.C., Alonso Alcalde, R., Alonso García, P., de la Fuente
Juez, H., Santamaría Diez, M. and Cristóbal Cubillo, P.,
2024. Were Neanderthals the First Collectors? First
Evidence Recovered in Level 4 of the Prado Vargas Cave,
Cornejo, Burgos and Spain. Quaternary, 7(4), p.49.
[www.mdpi.com]

Yours,

Paul H.

"The past is never dead. It's not even past."
William Faulkner, Act 1, Scene III, Requiem for a Nun (1951)