Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago
Check out Cyberghost VPN here: cyberghostvpn.com/DigItWithRaven
Today we're talking about the fantastic archaeological ancient cave discovery from Italy: The Altamura Man.
👉🏼 Get early access and help support the channel here: patreon.com/digitwithraven
In 1993, a group of speleologists, or scientific cave explorers, entered a narrow tunnel in La Solange Cave in the Lamalunga district just outside the town of Altamura, and at the far end, they came upon an upside-down human skull attached to the rock among many calcium accretions and stalagmites, alongside quite a large collection of the rest of this person’s skeleton partly covered with, or embedded calcareous concretions. These bones proved to be the prehistoric human remains of the most complete Neanderthal ever found.
Sources:
archaeologymag.com/2025/11/neanderthal-skull-reveals-details-about-nasal-anatomy
johnhawks.net/p/a-look-at-the-neanderthal-from-altamura?hide_intro_popup=true
smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/stunningly-well-preserved-neanderthal-skull-suggests-the-species-large-noses-werent-adapted-for-the-cold-180987750
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379124003342
nature.com/articles/s42003-023-04644-1
archaeology.org/news/2015/04/03/150403-italy-altamura-man
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15636069
https://flore.unifi.it/handle/2158/1002533
phys.org/news/2015-04-altamura-yields-oldest-neanderthal-dna.html
Buzi, C., Profico, A., Lorenzo, C., & Manzi, G. (2025). The first preserved nasal cavity in the human fossil record: The Neanderthal from Altamura. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 122(48). doi:10.1073/pnas.2426309122
pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2426309122
link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02438135
Di Vincenzo F, Churchill SE, Buzi C, et al. Distinct among Neanderthals: The scapula of the skeleton from Altamura, Italy. Quaternary Science Reviews. 2019;217:76-88. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.11.023
✅ Let's connect!
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/digitwithra...
#archaeology #archaeologicaldiscoveries #archaeologist #archaeologynews #neanderthal #neanderthals #humanevolution #palaeoanthropology #earlyhumans
Check out Cyberghost VPN here: cyberghostvpn.com/DigItWithRaven
Today we're talking about the fantastic archaeological ancient cave discovery from Italy: The Altamura Man.
👉🏼 Get early access and help support the channel here: patreon.com/digitwithraven
In 1993, a group of speleologists, or scientific cave explorers, entered a narrow tunnel in La Solange Cave in the Lamalunga district just outside the town of Altamura, and at the far end, they came upon an upside-down human skull attached to the rock among many calcium accretions and stalagmites, alongside quite a large collection of the rest of this person’s skeleton partly covered with, or embedded calcareous concretions. These bones proved to be the prehistoric human remains of the most complete Neanderthal ever found.
Sources:
archaeologymag.com/2025/11/neanderthal-skull-reveals-details-about-nasal-anatomy
johnhawks.net/p/a-look-at-the-neanderthal-from-altamura?hide_intro_popup=true
smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/stunningly-well-preserved-neanderthal-skull-suggests-the-species-large-noses-werent-adapted-for-the-cold-180987750
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379124003342
nature.com/articles/s42003-023-04644-1
archaeology.org/news/2015/04/03/150403-italy-altamura-man
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15636069
https://flore.unifi.it/handle/2158/1002533
phys.org/news/2015-04-altamura-yields-oldest-neanderthal-dna.html
Buzi, C., Profico, A., Lorenzo, C., & Manzi, G. (2025). The first preserved nasal cavity in the human fossil record: The Neanderthal from Altamura. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 122(48). doi:10.1073/pnas.2426309122
pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2426309122
link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02438135
Di Vincenzo F, Churchill SE, Buzi C, et al. Distinct among Neanderthals: The scapula of the skeleton from Altamura, Italy. Quaternary Science Reviews. 2019;217:76-88. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.11.023
✅ Let's connect!
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/digitwithra...
#archaeology #archaeologicaldiscoveries #archaeologist #archaeologynews #neanderthal #neanderthals #humanevolution #palaeoanthropology #earlyhumans
