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Around 75,000 years ago, a middle-aged Neanderthal woman was buried in a cave in the foothills of Iraq. Now, thanks to a dedicated team of archaeologists, her face can be revealed for the first time.

Shanidar Z likely stood 5 feet tall and was around 40 years old when she died. BBC Studios / Jamie Simonds In 2018, archaeologists unearthed the 75,000-year-old remains of a female Neanderthal from a ...

A British team of archaeologists on Thursday revealed the reconstructed face of a 75,000-year-old Neanderthal woman, as researchers reappraise the perception of the species as brutish and ...

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Part of an adult Neandertal’s skeleton was found in a manner that suggests intentional burial The excavation of an adult Neandertal’s partial upper-body skeleton in Iraqi Kurdistan has revived a ...

Ongoing studies of Neanderthal skeletons unearthed in Iraq during the 1950s suggest the existence of a more complex social structure than previously thought. Karen Carr 1n 1856, laborers working in a ...

A 40-something woman was buried in a cave 75,000 years ago, laid to rest in a gully hollowed out to accommodate her body. Her left hand was curled under her head, and a rock behind her head may have ...