Широко известная в узких кругах пещера Шанидар, где были найдены останки неандертальцев("цветочное захоронение", следы заботы об инвалидах).
Дорожка к пещере в идеальном состоянии, но на подъёме пришлось попотеть.
10.01.2026
Shanidar Cave, Iraq
#iraq #kurdistan #archaeology #shanidar #neanderthal
Shanidar (Iraq) & Franchthi (Greece): charred food remains show pounded pulses, grasses, and bitter mustards—multi-ingredient cooking long before farming. #PaleoPost #ArchaeologyOfTheSenses #Neanderthals #Shanidar
Paper: doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
A few years old - I had an amazing chat with one of the head archaeologists out of Cambridge, Dr. Emma’s Pomeroy, (always a pleasure!) - catch the intriguing inside story here: Exploring Neanderthals: #Shanidar Cave Insights with Dr. Emma Pomeroy | Secrets of the #Neanderthals
youtu.be/TdBxOkvWxb0
First round of podium presentations at #ESHE2025
Olivia Rivero, Alba Mesa, April Nowell,
@aurelienmounier.bsky.social, Chris Hunt explore everything from cognitive complexity, aDNA in cave art to the lives of teens in the #Palaeolithic and the amazing discoveries at #Shanidar!
Stay tuned!
"Les fleurs de Shanidar". Retour sur les découvertes archéologiques réalisées dans la grotte de #Shanidar (Kurdistan irakien) et leur impact sur notre compréhension des #Néandertaliens. Tant avec les travaux de Ralph Solecki (1950) que ceux plus récents de Graeme Barker the-past.com/comment/the-...
#Burial isn’t just a Homo sapiens thing. From #Neanderthals in #Shanidar to the mysterious Homo naledi in #RisingStarCave, more #hominins may have laid their dead to rest than we once thought.
#PaleoPost #HumanOrigins #BurialMysteries #FossilFriday #HomoNaledi
Did #Neanderthals bury their dead? It’s been a long-contested question, but now we might have more evidence to back this idea. Listen to Dr. Emma Pommeroy of Cambridge Archaeology talk about her work at #Shanidar, and the potential burials there! youtu.be/TdBxOkvWxb0
Interview with the amazing Emma Pomeroy by @evolutionsoup.bsky.social - Secrets of Shanidar 😍!!!
#HumanEvolution #Neanderthal #Shanidar
youtu.be/KzD_7QjO6k4?...
A cave in Iraq has been home to people for millennia immemorial. From #neanderthals who clearly buried their dead, some even potentially with flowers, to some with signs of battle and conflict, until now. #Shanidar is an amazing site Learn More -
youtu.be/TdBxOkvWxb0 #Paleo
Exploring #Neanderthals: The secrets of #Shanidar #Cave Did they bury their dead? The mysterious Neanderthal Zed! Listen to Dr. Emma Pomeroy! youtu.be/TdBxOkvWxb0?... via @YouTube #Paleo #Anthro #Humans #HumanOrigins
Have you seen #SecretsoftheNeanderthals on @Netflix? I got the premier investigator back on my show for “The Story of Us”, Dr. Emma Pomeroy of Cambridge University! Come hear her story of the reconstruction of the now famous women of #Shanidar! #Neanderthal #Paleoanthropology
youtu.be/TdBxOkvWxb0
New Video Today! Stay tuned to hear from Dr. Emma Pomeroy all about #Shanidar and the #Neanderthals found there, especially the recently constructed female, "Z"! Subscribe today - www.youtube.com/channel/UCbX...
#Paleoanthropology #Humans #History
Do you want to learn all there is to know about #Neanderthals? Do I have a playlist for you! Over 30 videos all about our ancient cousins! Found here - www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#Paleoanthropology #Anthropology #AncientHumans #Humans #IceAge #CaveArt #Burial #KINDRED #Shanidar
Two years ago I had the lovely opportunity to speak with Dr. Emma Pomeroy about the #Shanidar site, and boy was it awesome! Check out our interview, and be sure to catch the new Netflix documentary! #Neanderthals; Did They Bury Their Dead?
youtu.be/RajclIuc100
An archaeological study led by Dr Emma Pomeroy (@_dEmBones) at the legendary #Shanidar Cave has unearthed new evidence about Neanderthal culture & cognition — suggesting a species much closer to humankind.#FlowerBurial @UCamArchaeology @Newnham_College
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For the record also referencing Jeffrey D. Sommer's "Re-evaluation of #Neanderthal #Burial Ritual" (Cambridge Archaeological Journal 9(1)), debating the 'cultural' origin of the famous #flowers in the #Shanidar burial and suggesting a natural...
Original study, "New #Neanderthal remains associated with the ‘flower burial’ at #Shanidar Cave" by @_dEmBones et al. published in @AntiquityJ 94(373),...
There's a new #Neanderthal in town! 😲
And not just *somewhere*, but ... the #Shanidar Cave '#FlowerBurial'! This is BIG NEWS (as you can easily tell by the amount of exclamation marks I'm using)!
https://www.arch.cam.ac.uk/news/shanidar-z via @UCamArchaeology