The first-ever published research on Tinshemet Cave reveals that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens in the mid-Middle Paleolithic Levant not only coexisted but actively interacted, sharing technology, lifestyles,

Around 100,000 years ago, a group of Homo sapiens-like humans buried five of their dead at Timshenet cave, along with grave goods consisting of animal remains and chunks of red ochre. At the same time,

Homo sapiens and Neanderthals not only interacted but shared customs, suggesting that our human ancestors had a far more complex social network of connections than previously understood. Hailed as a groundbreaking discovery in prehistoric archaeology,