2017
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2017.07.001
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Newly discovered Neanderthal remains from Shanidar Cave, Iraqi Kurdistan, and their attribution to Shanidar 5

Abstract: The Neanderthal remains from Shanidar Cave, excavated between 1951 and 1960, have played a central role in debates concerning diverse aspects of Neanderthal morphology and behavior. In 2015 and 2016, renewed excavations at the site uncovered hominin remains from the immediate area where the partial skeleton of Shanidar 5 was found in 1960. Shanidar 5 was a robust adult male estimated to have been aged over 40 years at the time of death. Comparisons of photographs from the previous and recent excavations indica… Show more

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“…Fish scales indicate the capture of river fish presumably from the Greater Zab river (about 3 km below the site). Examination of the organic materials from the Baradostian sediments at the base of Layer C has identified a fragment of landsnail shell with incised lines on it (Hunt et al 2017), complementing the evidence from Yafteh for Baradostian craftworking (Shidrang 2018).…”
Section: [Figures 2 and 3 About Here]mentioning
confidence: 69%
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“…Fish scales indicate the capture of river fish presumably from the Greater Zab river (about 3 km below the site). Examination of the organic materials from the Baradostian sediments at the base of Layer C has identified a fragment of landsnail shell with incised lines on it (Hunt et al 2017), complementing the evidence from Yafteh for Baradostian craftworking (Shidrang 2018).…”
Section: [Figures 2 and 3 About Here]mentioning
confidence: 69%
“…New work began in 2015 at Shanidar Cave to explore the adaptations and extinction of Neanderthals at the site Pomeroy et al 2017;Reynolds et al 2015). In order to investigate the Mousterian sediments of Solecki's Layer D, new excavations have been made that have exposed the Baradostian Layer C (Fig.…”
Section: New Excavations In Shanidar Cavementioning
confidence: 99%
“…In some cases, corpses may have come to rest in natural (rather than deliberate) cuttings, such as the Neanderthal child from Roc de Marsal, France [40] or adult from Regourdou, France [41], although one cannot rule out that these questionable cases were deliberate burials. In several sites, however, the picture is clear, particularly where multiple burials (e.g.in the La Ferrassie rockshelter, Dordogne, France and Shanidar cave, Iraq) [42] indicate the repeated use of these occupation sites for the burial of both young and old, and the occasional association of the dead with stone tools, and in one case, the use of a rock engraved with cupules to mark an infant's grave pit [43,44]. Neanderthal mortuary practices were varied, not least of which rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org Phil.…”
Section: Rationalization: From Morbidity To Anticipation and Denialmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Skhul, Qafzeh). Notable ongoing projects include the re-investigations of Shanidar Cave in Iraqi Kurdistan [42] and La Ferrassie in the Dordogne [85], wherein modern techniques of micro-excavation and micro-stratigraphic analysis, and post-excavation analysis are proving invaluable in determining the nature of their burials, the relative timing of their deposition (and hence, re-use of these locales for funerary purposes), their wider associations such as grave markings, and their wider behavioural context. Additionally, focusing from wider perspectives on when social attachment is extended to the dead [86] and on the social functions of mortuary activities should provide more fertile soil for a reborn field of human evolutionary thanatology.…”
Section: Conclusion: a Research Agenda For Human Evolutionary Thanatomentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Long-term hypotheses for the development of mortuary behavior among the homininae are attracting attention and debate (Zilhão 2015); for the Neanderthals, re-evaluation and re-excavation of old sites has both rejected and supported previous material interpreted as burials, such as Roc de Marsal and la Chapelle-aux-Saints, respectively (Sandgathe et al 2011;Rendu et al 2014). Furthermore, new excavations in old sites pertinent to thanatology such as Shanidar Cave (Iraqi Kurdistan), where several Neanderthals were apparently buried, are beginning to provide a somewhat clearer picture (Pomeroy et al 2017).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%