Researchers have uncovered evidence of a group of Neanderthals that hunted deer around 60,000 years ago.
The excavations led by researchers with the Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution and Rovira i Virgili University unearthed more than 1,000 archaeological remains at the site this year.
The Rb layer corresponds to a period of time in prehistory when a group of Neanderthals were searching for food and set up camp in the area, researchers said. The team found the remains of what this group ate, with the evidence in the Rb layer indicating that this group specialized in hunting deer.the remains of at least four male deer—three of which were piled up in the same area—as well as fragments of antlers and other skeletal remains.
Demà dijous acaben les excavacions a l’Abric Romaní ... com han anat?🔨 Aquest any s’ha continuat excavant el nivell R, on l’any passat es...had fractured themselves. The reason for this was to obtain the marrow inside—an important source of protein and fat, the researchers told Spanish news agency EFE.
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