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Archaeologists in Des-Cubierta Cave, Spain, uncovered at least 35 animal skulls accumulated across multiple episodes, suggesting a long-term, structured practice and potential symbolic or ritual behavior by Neanderthals, challenging views of their cognitive capabilities.
Researchers studying Spain’s Des-Cubierta Cave found Neanderthals repeatedly deposited the top parts of horned animal skulls in a gallery over multiple phases between 70,000 and 50,000 years ago, following an initial rockfall; the pattern shows it wasn’t a one-off event and suggests a structured, possibly symbolic behavior in Neanderthal culture.
New analysis of Des-Cubierta Cave in Spain shows Neanderthals repeatedly gathered and arranged 35 horned skulls over tens of thousands of years (135,000–43,000 years ago), alongside Mousterian tools, indicating a cultural practice not tied to survival and suggesting symbolic or social traditions transmitted across generations.
The destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam in Ukraine has left mudflats littered with skulls, some of which may be from the Battle of the Dnipro during the Second World War. Historians suggest that the remains could be of people who died in the battle fought 80 years ago over the same terrain now at the centre of Ukraine’s counteroffensive against Russian occupation. The Wehrmacht struggled to hold out against troops of the Soviet Southwest Front, led by Marshal Rodion Malinovsky, and they were forced to abandon the town in February 1944.
The recent dam blast in Ukraine has caused the remains of WWII soldiers, including skulls with Nazi helmets, to be unearthed from the reservoir. The blast caused apocalyptic floods and fears of a nuclear catastrophe. As the reservoir waters empty, Ukrainians are now wading through the remains of WWII troops that have been unearthed. The death toll remains unknown, and entire towns downstream from the dam remain underwater.