A decorated raven bone discovered in Crimea may provide insight into Neanderthal cognition
Wednesday, March 29, 2017 - 13:12
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The cognitive abilities of Neanderthals are debated, but a raven bone fragment found at the Zaskalnaya VI (ZSK) site in Crimea features two notches that may have been made by Neanderthals intentionally to display a visually consistent pattern, according to a study by Ana Majkic at the Universite de Bordeaux and colleagues, published in the open access journal, PLOS ONE on March 29, 2017.