The first-ever published research on Tinshemet Cave reveals that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens in the mid-Middle Paleolithic Levant not only coexisted but actively interacted, sharing technology, lifestyles, and burial customs. These interactions fostered cultural exchange, social complexity, and behavioral innovations, such as formal burial practices and the symbolic use of ocher for decoration.
  • AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    23 hours ago

    For instance, formal burial customs began to appear around 110,000 years ago in Israel for the first time worldwide, likely as a result of intensified social interactions.

    Wait—are they saying formal burial customs appeared worldwide at that time (including Israel), or that the Israeli site was the first appearance in the world?