Date: 50,000 years old
Location: Shanidar Cave, Northern Iraq
Species: Homo neanderthalensis
Discovered by: Ralph Solecki
Date of Discovery: ~1955
Details: Many of the Shanidar specimens show evidence of pathologies. Shanidar III suffered from server arthritis of the ankle and adjacent joints and likely died of a puncture wound to the lung leaving extensive scarring to the 9th rib. |
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