The mysterious cave reveals the 100,000-year-old world of others

A new study published in the journal Science shows an incredible world of Neanderthals who once lived in a cave on the Portuguese coast.

Research shows that this extinct human being is not a buttock creature. They are like us, amazingly Homo sapiens.

The rest of the seafood-rich special meal of the Portuguese coastal Neanderthals - (photo: Mariana Nabais / João Zilhão).

The key is in the diet . Neanderthals in this area not only eat mammoths, bison, ancient rhinos as we think, but also eat lots of seafood and nuts.

Evidence in a coastal cave in Figueira Brava, south of Lisbon, shows that the Neanderthals living here 106,000 - 86,000 years mainly eat fish, mussels, shellfish, crabs . They also eat seals, dolphins, sea birds, deer , horses, goats if caught.

This diet rich in fatty acids from seafood offers a crucial element: helping the brain develop at a new level. They become smarter, start thinking about making things. The first is wooden boxes to collect and store pine cones to get seeds to eat, then jewelry with shells, snails .

Mysterious cave where the discovery of extinct human relics - (photo: João Zilhão).

The research, led by archaeologist João Zilhão from the University of Barcelona, ​​says that the same brain-strengthening fatty acids in seafood have actually led to cultural and technological innovation among our Homo sapiens, in the same way. The main evidence is the drawings of seashells or decorative objects used by our ancestors as dwelling houses, or increasingly sophisticated labor tools.

Thanks to seafood and brain enhancement, we were able to leave Africa and even overwhelm the Neanderthals or Denisovans on other continents. Neanderthals eat seafood just a small, limited group. People deep in the continent still live on bushmeat. And that may be the reason why they lost to extinction before the explosion of Homo sapiens with diverse diets and superior intelligence.

The discovery at this coastal cave is highly appreciated by archaeologists, because the same kind of caves have often been buried or destroyed by the sea and ice, buried deep in the secret of this extinct human species.

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