Located in the Zagros mountains in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq, Shanidar Cave served as an important place for Neanderthals for tens (possibly even hundreds) of thousands of years.

The team found the Neanderthal named Shanidar Z inside a cave in Iraqi Kurdistan, which is a mountainous region in northern Iraq. The Neanderthal species repeatedly returned to Iraqi Kurdistan to ...

Scientists said on Tuesday they had discovered in Shanidar Cave in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region of northern Iraq the well-preserved upper body skeleton of an adult Neanderthal who lived ...

View of the entrance to Shanidar Cave, within the Zagros Mountains in the Kurdistan region in northern Iraq. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. Part of a Neanderthal upper body skeleton was unearthed from the Shanidar cave in Iraqi Kurdistan, the first such discovery in more than 25 years ...

The skull of Shanidar Z, which has been reconstructed in the lab at the University of Cambridge. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to ...