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2020-10-30 17:53
Discover Neanderthal footprints at Iran’s Do-Ashkaft Cave
TEHRAN - In many ways, Neanderthals are still considered a mystery for many people. Neanderthals existed for about 200,000 years longer than we modern humans (Homo sapiens) have been alive. Evidence of their existence vanished around 28,000 years ago – giving us an estimate for when they may, finally, have died off.
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2020-08-19 22:00
Archaeologists find Paleolithic sites in southeast Iran
TEHRAN – A team of Iranian archaeologists has recently discovered first-hand Prehistorical human settlements believed to date back to the Paleolithic era on the outskirts of Fahraj in Kerman province, southeast Iran.
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2020-08-17 20:00
Kuhdasht cave has ample evidence of prehistorical dwellers: archaeologist
TEHRAN - Kuhdasht cave in the western province of Lorestan bears ample evidence of prehistorical dwellers and it has vast potential to be a tourism hub, an Iranian archaeologist has said.
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2020-06-22 20:30
Iranian cave estimated to date over 63,000 years
TEHRAN – Nearly one decade of archaeological surveys at Kaldar cave has concluded that parts of this western Iranian shelter date more than 63,000 years.
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2020-01-17 18:34
Sorbonne experts confirm fossilized skull found in Iran belongs to Homo sapiens
TEHRAN – A team of researches and archaeologists from the Sorbonne University has confirmed a fragment of a fossilized skull, which had been found in an Iranian cave, belongs to Homo sapiens, the only extant human species.
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2020-01-11 19:29
Maymand: A very old village of troglodytes
TEHRAN - The term “cave dwellers” conjures up prehistoric images in your mind when caves served as one of the earliest dwellings for human beings. Here we want to take a look at Maymand, an exemplar manmade-cave dwelling in southeast Iran, where people made a living about five or six millennia ago.
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2019-11-27 18:23
Iranian, Danish archaeologists find new Iron Age traces in western Iran
TEHRAN – A team of Iranian and Danish archaeologists and cultural heritage experts has recently discovered new traces of Iron Age occupation in a prehistorical cave, which is situated in Ilam province, western Iran.
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2019-09-24 19:28
Traces of early humans found in southern Iran
TEHRAN – A team of archaeologists has found traces of early humans and their basic handmade tools near the village of Bangelayan, southern Hormozgan province.
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2019-07-14 23:30
Preliminary studies start on fossilized skull found in western Iran
TEHRAN – Preliminary studies have been started on pieces of a fossilized skull, which was untethered earlier in western Iran. The skull is attributed to Homo sapiens.
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2019-05-25 20:03
Excavation goes on at Kaldar Cave where remains of Homo sapiens found
TEHRAN – Iran’s Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism has extended permit for exploration at the Kaldar Cave, which has previously yielded a fragment of a fossilized skull along with some stone tools attributed to Homo sapiens.
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2019-05-19 20:04
Fossils, stone tools of enigmatic human species found in Iran
TEHRAN – A team of Archaeologists has recently excavated stone tools and a fragment of a fossilized skull, which are attributed to Homo sapiens, from a cave in western Iran. The cave has also yielded weapon fragments crafted by Neanderthals.
