Ka taƙaita labarin:  (CNN) Kimanin shekaru 150,000 da suka wuce - ƙara ko rage 20,000 - wani mutum ya faɗa cikin rijiya. A watan da ya gabata ya yi tarihin kimiyya. Mutumin Altamura ya zama Neanderthal mafi tsufa wanda masu bincike suka cire DNA. Ya ɗauke su fiye da shekara 20 kafin su yi hakan. Masana kimiyya a kudancin Italiya sun san game da shi tun 1993, lokacin da masu hawan dutse suka hango kwanyarsa tana kallonsu a ɓoye daga kusurwarta a cikin kogon Lamalunga, a ƙarƙashin garin Altamura. Masu binciken kogon sun gaya wa masu bincike a Jami'ar Bari abin da suka gano, a cewar rahoton da suka wallafa a watan Maris a cikin Jaridar Juyin Halitta da Phys.org. Ƙwallon mutum na Altamura da ƙwayoyin kasusuwa sun yi babban samfurin, amma sun kasance a cikin wani nau'i na stalactites da duwatsu masu duwatsu da aka ajiye ta ruwa mai gudana a kan su na dubban shekaru. Masu bincike sun yanke shawarar kada su ceto ƙasusuwan domin suna tsoron cewa idan suka cire su daga cikin kogon za su farfashe su kuma su halaka mutumin Altamura. Saboda haka, suka bar shi har abada a cikin kogon dutse. Calcite pebbles line Neanderthal ta ido sockets, hanci kashi da kuma wani babba jaw kamar mutum ɗari ado piercings. Binciken calcite ya nuna cewa ƙasusuwan sun kasance shekaru 128,000 zuwa 187,000 da suka wuce. Masana kimiyya sun yi imanin cewa Altamura Man ya shiga cikin kogon aƙalla wannan lokacin da ya gabata bayan ya faɗi cikin rijiyar prehistoric, sannan ya mutu a cikin kogon a ƙasansa na ƙishirwa ko yunwa. Kwanan nan, masu bincike sun yi banbanci, kuma sun cire wani guntu daga kafadarsa ta dama zuwa dakin gwaje-gwaje. Matakan da aka dauka daga kashinsa sun tabbatar da cewa mutumin Altamura dan Homo neanderthalensis ne. Zai iya yin shekaru da yawa yana kallo a ɓoye a cikin raminsa a cikin wuri mafi nisa a duniya, ko kuma, kamar yadda gidan kayan tarihi na Altamura ya kwatanta, "a cikin wani ƙaramin rami da ke tsakanin ƙasa da bangon baya". Masana kimiyya na fatan za su iya tantance DNA dinsa, don samun karin bayani game da juyin halittar dukkan hominids - ciki har da mu. Kuma don jin wasu daga Altamura Man ta labarin game da rayuwa a cikin Neanderthals 'farkon kwanaki...
Masana kimiyya a kudancin Italiya sun san game da shi tun 1993. Masu bincike sun damu da cewa ceton kasusuwan zai lalata su.