NOTICIA NUM.11

TITULAR: Un neandertal en la universidad

FUENTE:  EL PAÍS, http://ccaa.elpais.com/ccaa/2015/04/17/catalunya/1429272768_067262.html

FECHA: 17 ABRIL 2015

ÁMBITO CIENTÍFICO:  ANTROPOLOGÍA

RESUMEN:

Researchers at the University of Barcelona ( UB ) have presented this morning at the Aula Magna of the center , in an atmosphere worthy of Professor Challenger of The Lost World , fossil 55,000 years old found in the cave of Giant Sitges ( Garraf ) , one end of the seafront site that must access with caving techniques. They are two separate pieces -the right side of the jaw with teeth , a milk- and -the left humerus, inferiorly part belonging to a child Neanderthal (Homo neanderthaliensis ) between five and seven years old. The cave, which then several miles inland was , was alternately refuge for Neanderthals.

The researchers do not rule out the bones belong actually two individuals but the proximity that have appeared and matching anatomical (aged four years and a half and five years jaw and five to seven humerus) suggests that are the same child. Scholars qualify fossils " the clearest evidence of this species in Catalonia" and remember that so far all of Neanderthal remains found in Catalonia were the result of isolated , casual or old excavations findings , apart from the rest more popular, the jaw of Banyoles, 45,000 or 50,000 years , discusses if indeed corresponds to the species or a modern human .

GLOSARIO:

-Yacimiento puede referirse a:

Una concentración significativa de materiales o elementos interesantes para alguna ciencia:

Yacimiento geológico: Una acumulación significativa de materiales geológicos, (minerales, gases, petróleo, etc.).

Yacimiento arqueológico: Concentración de restos arqueológicos.

Yacimiento paleontológico: Lugar donde se hallan restos fósiles.

-Espeleología: ciencia cuyo objeto es la exploración y estudio de las cavidades subterráneas.

-Tomografía: Procesamiento de imágenes por secciones. Un aparato usado en tomografía es llamado tomógrafo, mientras que la imagen producida es un tomograma.

VALORACIÓN:

Thanks to this discovery scientists can investigate further the men of that time , their characteristics, how they lived , etc ..

This is one of the very few Neanderthal fossils ever found in Catalonia and the first to have been unearthed in the context of modern scientific excavation , therefore all the guarantees and perfectly framed in the chronology .