Over 100 prehistoric engravings found in northeastern Spain

STORY: Over 100 prehistoric engravings found in northeastern Spain DATELINE: March 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:27 LOCATION: TARRAGONA, Spain CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the engravings STORYLINE: Over a hundred "exceptional" engravings from between 3,000 and 5,000 years ago have been discovered inside a cave complex in Tarragona of Spain's northeastern region of Catalonia. The engravings were depicted on an eight-meter-long panel on a wall in the Cova de la Vila cave. Researchers from the Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution (IPHES) said the engravings are "exceptional, both for their singularity and for their excellent state of conservation." Although the cave was first found in 1941, the engravings were only discovered in May 2021 by three cave explorers. Arranged in five horizontal lines, the engravings depict animals, star shapes and geometric patterns which IPHES specialist Ramon Vinas said "are not a random composition but clearly have a symbolic meaning" for the Ne

Spanish researchers find 60,000-year-old Neanderthal remains

STORY: Spanish researchers find 60,000-year-old Neanderthal remains DATELINE: Aug. 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:38 LOCATION: BARCELONA, Spain CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Spanish researchers at the archaeological site 2. various of the press conference STORYLINE: Spanish researchers have found some partial remains of a 60,000-year-old Neanderthal skull at an archaeological site near Barcelona, the Catalan regional government said at a press conference on Thursday. The team from the Catalan Institute of Paleoecology and Social Evolution (Iphes-Cerca) digging on the Abric Romani site in Capellades described the findings as "exceptional". It is the first time that Neanderthal remains have been found at the site, which has been under excavation for 40 years under the supervision of the celebrated archaeologist, Eudald Carbonell. The remains were unearthed on August 19, during this summer's excavation of a level of the site that corresponds to a 60,000-year-old Neanderthal deer hunting camp. After th