Paleoanthropology

A healed jaw injury from Qafzeh Cave suggests violence more than 90 thousand years ago

A healed jaw injury from Qafzeh Cave in the Lower Galilee suggests violence more than 90 thousand years ago

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MicroCT scanning of the fossil Kapsa 25 revealed signs of sharp object trauma, latent caries, and enamel defects. The researchers, including researchers from Tel Aviv University, also found support that the individual was intentionally buried—but
An Israeli family from 140 years ago, drawn using AI. On the left - the Neanderthal father, in the middle the mixed-race daughter and on the right the mother - Homo sapiens. Courtesy of Tel Aviv University

Earliest evidence of interbreeding between Homo sapiens and Neanderthals discovered in Israel

For the first time in science, early biological connections between the two human groups that were considered two separate human species have been documented.
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