Neanderthals put 35 skulls in this cave…. why?

Sign up for a 14-day free trial and enjoy all the amazing features MyHeritage has to offer https://bit.ly/StefanMilo At Cueva des Cubierta, central Spain, archaeologists uncovered 35 skulls, all of horned animals in one cave chamber. What were Neanderthals doing with all these skulls? Are they the subtle traces of a Neanderthal ritual site? Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 2:54 the problem with ritual 5:10 The site 8:02 What were Neanderthals doing 10:36 other funky stuff 12:27 other odd sites 15:53 Neanderthal art nearby Sources: Baquedano, Enrique, et al. “A symbolic Neanderthal accumulation of large herbivore crania.” Nature Human Behaviour, vol. 7, no. 3, 26 Jan. 2023, pp. 342–352, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-022-01503-7. Hoffmann, D. L., et al. “U-Th dating of carbonate crusts reveals Neandertal origin of Iberian cave art.” Science, vol. 359, no. 6378, 23 Feb. 2018, pp. 912–915, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aap7778. Huge thanks to my generous patrons https://www.patreon.com/stefanmilo Watch my videos Ad free only on Nebula https://go.nebula.tv/stefanmilo