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Shanidar Cave

Zagros Mountains cave in Iraqi Kurdistan holding Neanderthal remains excavated from 1953. Shanidar 1, a man who survived severe disabling injuries for years, is strong evidence of group care; Shanidar 4's 'flower burial' - once read as ritual grave-flowers - is now disputed, with burrowing rodents a likelier source of the pollen, though deliberate burial itself is still considered likely.

Dated events and their evidence

• 55,000 BCE mainstream
  Neanderthal burials and Shanidar 1's long-term survival with disabling injuries source
• 1953 CE mainstream
  excavation begins, first Neanderthal remains found source

Where

36.8006° N, 44.2433° E

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanidar_Cave

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