In a cave in Bulgaria, researchers have found remains of at least 42,000-year-old remains of a Homo sapiens. According to the scientists, these are the oldest known remains of modern man in Europe, they write in the scientific journal Nature.
The fossils were found in a cave called ‘Bacho Kiro’. The people who died are among the early people who migrated from Africa to Eurasia. There they came to live next to the Neanderthal, who disappeared from Europe about 8,000 years later.
Most human remains were too badly damaged to be recognized by appearance. However, there was a choice that was still intact. Thousands of animal remains were also found, as well as jewelery and tools made of stone and bone.
Research on the remains shows that the cave was already inhabited at least 43,000 years ago. This is less old than the found human remains. The animal remains were older, but they had traces from tools.
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Part of the flint tools found. (Photo: Tsenka Chanova, license: CC-BY-SA 2.0)
Man learned from Neanderthal
The tool was made of flint from a location 180 kilometers from the cave. The tools included bison bones, and some of the jewelry was made from the bones of bears.
The jewelry was made in a similar way to the Neanderthals used, which would indicate that Homo sapiens was influenced by this human species.
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