Manot ( Hebrew מערת מנות Me'arat Manot ) [1] - a cave in Israel. Named after the village in whose territory it was discovered. It is located near the northwestern border of Israel. Not far from Acre ( Western Galilee ), 30 km northeast of Mount Carmel [2] .
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The cave was discovered by chance during construction work in 2008 while preparing a site for the foundation of a new house [3] [4] . The cave is known for its archaeological finds of flint and bone artifacts [5] , geologically, it is an active stalactite cave [6] . Manot Cave consists of a long hall, 80 meters long and 10 to 25 meters wide. The two lower chambers approach it from the north and south. There are many stalagmites in the cave. Archaeological finds indicate that for at least the last 15 thousand years the cave has been completely isolated [4] . The oldest skull of the representative of the species Homo sapiens outside of Africa Manot 1 was discovered during the initial period of exploration of the Manot cave in 2008 [5] . The value of the find was found out after a detailed scientific analysis. The first article about the find was published in the online edition of Nature dated January 28, 2015 [7] [8] . The skull box of a reliable representative of Homo sapiens , found in the Karot cave of Manot, dates from the age of 51.8 ± 4.5 or 54.7 ± 5.5 thousand years [9] [10] .
See also
- Schul
- Cafe
- Kesem (cave)
Gallery
Manot Cave during excavations in 2011
Stalactites and stalagmites in the cave of Manot
Flint tips from Manot cave
Bone tools from Manot Cave
Notes
- ↑ The find of archaeologists sheds light on the relations of ancient people , January 30, 2015
- ↑ The first sapiens did not rush to Europe
- ↑ Archaeologists Reopen Investigation of Early Humans at Manot Cave in Israel , Popular Archeology (March 28, 2013). Archived December 13, 2016. Date of treatment February 2, 2015.
- ↑ 1 2 Manot Cave . Hadashot Arkheologiyot . The Israel Antiquities Authority (December 31, 2012). Date of treatment February 2, 2015.
- ↑ 1 2 Connor, Steve Human skull discovery in Israel proves humans lived side-by-side with Neanderthals . The Independent (January 28, 2015). Date of treatment February 3, 2015.
- ↑ Manot Cave, Israel . Find a Dig. Date of treatment February 3, 2015.
- ↑ Hershkovitz, Israel; Marder, Ofer; Ayalon, Avner; Bar-Matthews, Miryam; Yasur, Gal; Boaretto, Elisabetta; Caracuta, Valentina; Alex, Bridget; Frumkin, Amos; Goder-Goldberger, Mae; Gunz, Philipp; Holloway, Ralph L .; Latimer, Bruce; Lavi, Ron; Matthews, Alan; Slon, Viviane; Mayer, Daniella Bar-Yosef; Berna, Francesco; Bar-Oz, Guy; Yeshurun, Reuven; May, Hila; Hans, Mark G .; Weber, Gerhard W .; Barzilai, Omry. Levantine cranium from Manot Cave (Israel) foreshadows the first European modern humans (English) // Nature: journal. - 2015. - Vol. 520 . - P. 216-219 . - DOI : 10.1038 / nature14134 . - PMID 25629628 .
- ↑ 55,000-Year-Old Skull Fossil Sheds New Light on Human Migration out of Africa . Science news . Date of treatment February 2, 2015.
- ↑ On the way from Africa to Europe? A new find in Israel sheds light on the colonization of sapiens of the European continent
- ↑ Drobyshevsky S.V. Everything is older, and older, and older! .. A man from Manot beckons our mind