INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Neanderthal life was previously found.The fourth season of archaeological excavation has begun on Qal-e Kord Cave [which is situated in Avaj
present in Iran, and [field] excavation is carried out by the Iranian delegation and the laboratory work will be done jointly with French
tools obtained from this cave indicate that it was a residence of other humans who lived before Neanderthals; species such as the Heidelberg
man or possibly a type of upright man.Moreover, archaeologists have so far succeeded in identifying two types of extinct prehistoric horses,
deer, brown bear, and rhinoceros in animal remains in this cave, he explained.In November 2018, the first season of the joint Iran-France
archeological exploration led to the discovery of over 6,000 cultural pieces in the area
It also yielded bone remains of horses, deer, bears, and many stone tools belonging to the Middle Paleolithic period (between 200,000 and
40,000 years ago).A 2019 study published in the Journal of Human Evolution suggests that Neanderthals were roaming at the Iranian Zagros
Mountain sometime between 40 to 70 thousand years ago.Until the late 20th century, Neanderthals were regarded as genetically,
morphologically, and behaviorally distinct from living humans
However, more recent discoveries about this well-preserved fossil Eurasian population have revealed an overlap between living and archaic
humans.Neanderthals lived before and during the last ice age of the Pleistocene in some of the most unforgiving environments ever inhabited
They developed a successful culture, with a complex stone tool technology, that was based on hunting, with some scavenging and local plant
Their survival during tens of thousands of years of the last glaciation is a remarkable testament to human adaptation.AFM
