[Animals] They find the remains of the oldest Neanderthal family in history in a Russian cave

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An adult man, a teenage girl and other close relatives have been fossilized in a cave in Russia. It could be the oldest family in history.
Before they died, a group of Neanderthals sat down to share a bison feast. This is revealed by his remains, found in a cave in northern Russia. From the way their remains were fossilized, and from the tools found around the remains, researchers suspect they were closely related. In fact, it could be the oldest family in history.

Neanderthals already hunted large animals. In fact, they followed a long tradition of hominids that faced prey of considerable dimensions in an organized way. It appears that this family of Neanderthals did as well, as did other species of ancient humans throughout Eurasia. This revealed his bones.

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Inside Chagyrskaya
From the dating carried out, the researchers estimate that the oldest family in history lived 54,000 years ago in present-day Russia. In total, it was a set of 11 Neanderthals: a father, a teenage girl and several cousins. These conclusions were derived from the analysis of genetic remains found on the cave floor.

According to Swedish geneticist Svante Pääbo, who has spent more than two decades researching this hominid species, the team was surprised by the close blood relationship between the man and the teenager:

“I WOULD NOT HAVE THOUGHT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DETECT A FATHER AND DAUGHTER FROM BONE FRAGMENTS, OR NEANDERTHAL DNA IN CAVE SEDIMENTS, OR ANY OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE NOW BECOMING ALMOST ROUTINE,” DR. PÄÄBO, DIRECTOR OF THE MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY IN LEIPZIG, GERMANY. "IT'S BEEN AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY."

It seems that this group of Neanderthals lived in Chagyrskaya, a cave in Siberia, where they possibly cooked, ate and slept together. From their DNA remains, researchers think that there were several po[CENSORED]tions of ancient hominids, of different species, in this region.

Therefore, the genetic information collected provides "detailed documentation of the social organization of a Neanderthal community," the authors write in Nature. Especially, in the easternmost region of Siberia, where "its known range" is found.

Thanks to these studies, Pääbo was awarded a Nobel Prize in 2022. Together with his research team, they managed to sequence the entire Neanderthal genome. The oldest family in history was one of the findings stemming from these research efforts.

https://www.ngenespanol.com/animales/asi-fue-la-familia-mas-antigua-de-la-historia/