Shanidar Cave Research Examines Neanderthal Violence and Social Bonds
18/10/2026
Shanidar Cave Research Examines Neanderthal Violence and Social Bonds

A scientific study involving researchers from the University of Cambridge and antiquities authorities in the Kurdistan Region is examining evidence of possible lethal violence among Neanderthals at Shanidar Cave, where a 75,000-year-old skeleton bears a circular puncture in its shoulder blade.