Teshik-Tash 1
Cráneo de Teshik-Tash
- Date
- 1938 · confidence high
- Place
- Teshik-Tash Cave, Uzbekistan
- Credited to
- Alexey Okladnikov
- Field
- Cosmos & Earth
⚠️ Disputed: the sources disagree.
What was discovered
A Neanderthal skeleton of a child aged 8 to 11, found in Teshik-Tash Cave (Central Asia) alongside ibex horn cores arranged around the pit, interpreted by some as a ritual burial.
The ritual-burial interpretation has been questioned due to inadequate excavation documentation and the large number of ibex bones found (761).
What it led to
- Academic debate over Neanderthal ritual burial
- Studies of Central Asian Neanderthal populations