50,000-year-old human remains found in Siberian

50,000-year-old skull and bone fragments have been uncovered in Siberia’s Altai mountains.

Fragments of an early human skull and rib were found in Pleistocene era layers in Strashnaya Cave, it was announced today by Professor Andrey Krivoshapkin, head of Archeology and Ethnography at Novosibirsk State University. These are expected to be ‘no younger than 50,000 years’ old, he said.

Another find, dating to at least 35,000 years ago, was a tiny fragment of finger bone – a nail phalange.

‘We struck really lucky this year,’ he said. ‘During works at Pleistocene levels of Strashnaya Cave we found new anthropological material. In levels dating to 35,000 to 40,000 years ago, we found a fragment of a human nail phalanx.

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Story: Siberian Times | Story: Andrey Krivoshapkin