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Archaeologists in charge of the campaign XVII Paleontropológicas and Archaeological Excavations in the Sima de las Palomas Gordo Cabezo have found the remains of two skulls with jaws of Neanderthal Man of 50,000 years ago.

The Director of Fine Arts and Cultural Heritage, Enrique Ujaldón, this morning presented recent findings in the field, along with the councilman of Culture of the municipality of Torre Pacheco, Antonio Madrid, and the director of the excavations, Professor at the University of Murcia Michael Walker.

With these recent discoveries are now three skulls found in the excavation of the upper conglomerate Sima de las Palomas, a fact which "reinforces the importance of the site in both regional and European paleontology and therefore reaffirms the need to promote creation of the Museum of Paleontology and Human Evolution Torre Pacheco, "said Ujaldón.

In this sense, the general director of Fine Arts and Cultural Assets, said: "The decision to increase the museum area of the Sima de las Palomas in the Museum of Paleontology was extremely successful, as evidenced by the importance of the remains found in the site.

History of the site

The site paleontropológico of the Sima de las Palomas Cabezo Gordo has provided important packages articulated bones belonging to a dozen individuals of European fossil man called 'Neanderthal Man' or 'Homo neanderthalensis', who lived in this area 50,000 years ago a .

In total, 150 identified remains of bones and teeth, forming the most important set of human remains of this fossil species across the bow of the Spanish Mediterranean.

Scientific research began in 1992 after the chance discovery in 1991 of the first remains, under the direction of Professor Michael Walker, University of Murcia, and Joseph Gilbert, the Paleontological Institute of the Provincial de Barcelona.

He currently leads the research along with archaeologist Michael Walker of the University of Murcia Mariano López Martínez.

Source: CARM