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15-07-2022
NUR SULTAN: In the Tuttybulak Cave on Mount Boraldai in Turkestan’s Baidibek District, Kazakhstan, traces of human life from nearly 48,000 years ago were found, reported AKI Press.
“We were exploring the cave in Kazakhstan with experts from the University of Tübingen in Germany,” said Zhaken Taimaganbetov, a researcher at the National Academy of Sciences and doctor of historical sciences.
“We have been working for a long time,” Taimaganbetov said.
He said that the team found many historical relics in the cave last year. Affter studying the ash they found, it was proved that people lived in the cave 48,000 years ago.
“We are still digging more to get more information.”
Excavations began in 2017 when researchers found the remains of a bear and human teeth.
Researchers say that Tuttybulak is the first ever cave in the country where such traces were discovered.
The specimen will be further studied to specify their age and period.
Earlier, archaeologists in Spain said on Friday they had dug up an ancient jawbone that could help them look into the face of some of the earliest human ancestors in Europe.
The surprise find, which could be about 1.4 million years old, could also give vital clues to the evolution of the human face over the millennia, the team from the Atapuerca Foundation said.
“The first week of July 2022 will enter the history of human evolution,” the team added in a statement.
The fossilised fragment of an upper jaw and cheekbone was found near caves in the Atapuerca Mountains in northern Spain’s Burgos province, the site of other ancient remains.
The scientists said they were still working on identifying the specific kind of human ancestor and determining the bone’s age.
“We have to continue our research for about at least a year. (…) This takes lots of time,” José María Bermúdez de Castro, one of the team’s coordinators, told journalists.
“What we can say is that we have found a fossil that’s very important and interesting that belongs to one of the first populations that arrived in Europe.” (AKI Press)
