Findings in the Manot Cave

They say that in the Manot Cave

In the area now known as Galilee

Part of a human skull was found,

Which is important for you and me.

 

The fifty-five-thousand-year-old remains

Put Homo sapiens in Neanderthal land.

We know that despite some interbreeding,

Homo sapiens got the upper hand.

 

The Neanderthals became extinct.

Why they disappeared is a mystery.

Violence, pathogens, competitive replacement?

Whatever it was, it is ancient history.

 

The findings help us to know our past,

To see our connectedness and to probe

Into the early migration of mankind

To view how we populated the globe.

 

Life wasn't easy for humans back then.

We can tell when we dig up bones.

How did they ever manage to survive

Without computers and mobile phones?

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