https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/evidence-for-funerary-behaviour-and-lethal-trauma-in-a-new-neanderthal-individual-from-shanidar-caveContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/evidence-for-funerary-behaviour-and-lethal-trauma-in-a-new-neanderthal-individual-from-shanidar-cavehttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/evidence-for-funerary-behaviour-and-lethal-trauma-in-a-new-neanderthal-individual-from-shanidar-cave#u137022Mon, 19 Oct 2026 19:25:22 +0000Archaeologists discovered the remains of an older adult Neanderthal, designated Shanidar A, in a burial cluster at Shanidar Cave in the Kurdistan Region. Dating to approximately 75,000 years ago, the skeleton features a circular hole in the scapula consistent with a lethal wooden spear wound. The individual also suffered severe, non-fatal facial trauma that suggests they received care from group members. These findings increase the minimum number of individuals in the cave's burial cluster to five, providing further evidence of complex mortuary behavior among Neanderthals.Why it mattersSh