Photo: Neandertals Hunted as Well as Humans, Study Says

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Anthropologists work at the Ortvale Klde Rockshelter, a significant Neanderthal-modern human site in the republic of Georgia.


Drawing on evidence from animal remains found there--largely the bones of a mountain goat species called the Caucasian tur--the scientists have determined that Neandertals at the site were as capable hunters as the modern humans who later lived in the area.


Photograph courtesy Daniel Adler

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