Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  VaNeanderthal vangave vakadya shamwari nemhuri dzakanga dzichangobva kufa kana kuti nokuda kwezvokudya kana kuti mumitambo yemariro inoshamisa. Izvi zvinoenderana nezviratidzo zvakawanikwa pazvitunha zvevanhu vakuru vaviri nemwana zvakafukunurwa munharaunda yeFrance yePoitou-Charentes. Zviratidzo zvakafanana zvakaonekwa pane dzimwe nzvimbo dzeNeanderthal zvichiratidza kuti madzitateguru edu aicheka nokupwanya mapfupa ehama dzawo dzakafa sei. VaNeanderthal vangave vakadya shamwari nehama dzakafa kana kuti nokuda kwezvokudya kana kuti mumiitiro yemariro inoshamisa. Ikoku kuri mukuwirirana nemicheka yakaonekwa pazvimedu zvinoverengeka zvinodzokera shure makore 57 600. Mufananidzo wacho unoratidza maronda ari papfupa repamberi. Sezvo nzvimbo yeMarillac muFrance yakafukunurwa, kuwanwa kwezvisaririra zvemhuka, vanhu nematurusi kwakabvumira nzvimbo yacho kuzivikanwa senzvimbo yokuvhima yevanhu vekare. Fundo yazvino uno, kwenguva yokutanga, yakadzidza mapfupa avanhu vatatu akawanwa pakati pa 1967 na 1980 panzvimbo yokuFrance inodzokera shure makore 57 600. Idzi ndidzo diaphysis dzisina kukwana <unk> kana kuti rutivi rwomukati rwamapfupa marefu - rwamapfupa okurudyi okurudyi, rimwe rwamapfupa omutsoka wokuruboshwe uye ruzhinji rwamapfupa orudyi orudyi. Wokupedzisira wacho wakanga uri womwana. Pavakaenzanisa zvisaririra zvevamwe vanhu vokuNeanderthal nevanhu vemazuva ano, masayendisiti akawana mavanga emapfupa akaita nguva pfupi afa. María Dolores Garralda, purofesa paComplutense University yeMadrid, uye vaitungamirira vanyori vakaudza SINC kuti: 'Mamwe mapoka evaNeanderthal akacheka ndokubvarura zvitunha zvevana kana zvevakuru nguva pfupi vafa vachishandisa zvishandiso zvelithic' Makore anoverengeka apfuura, vaongorori veSpain vakauya nedzidziso itsva inoshamisa yekuguma kwevaNeanderthal - kuti vanhu vakavadya. Vanzveri vanonongedzera kuti takatobetsera kutsakatika kwemhuka huru dzinoyamwisa 178. Iye zvino vava kutsvakurudza mamwe mapfupa omunhu weNeanderthal kuti vawane zviratidzo zvamazino omunhu. 'Kunze kwomuAfrica kwaanobva, mune mamwe makondinendi Homo sapiens inogona kurangarirwa sorudzi rwokumwe runopinda,' vanonyora kudaro vanzveri Policarp Hortolà naBienvenido...
Chidzidzo chacho chakatarisa pfupa reNeanderthal rokumusoro kworuoko, gumbo roruboshwe uye pfupa rorudyi romuchibereko. Mapfupa ose aiva nezviratidzo zvokuputsika zvisiri zvomuzvarirwo zvichida zvakagadzirwa nematurusi. Masayendisiti anoti mapoka evaNeanderthal aibvarura mapfupa pamitumbi yakafa. Hazvisati zvazivikanwa kuti izvi zvaiitirwa zvokudya here kana kuti pakuvigwa.