Neanderthals and modern humans may have shared culture 59,000 years ago in Turkey, study finds

www.livescience.com · 2026-07-16 · by Long Nguyen ·generic
Fossils, stone tools and seashells in Turkey show that Neanderthals and the Homo sapiens who moved in later had the same hunting strategies and symbolic traditions even without overlapping at the site, suggesting they may have shared information.

Neanderthals and modern humans may have shared culture 59,000 years ago in Turkey, study finds

Conical shell with a hole in the center next to a human finger

Finds from caves in Turkey and Israel hint that different types of humans exchanged ideas even as they remained biologically distinct.

(Image credit: Naoki Morimoto.)

Olivia Maule is a science journalist whose beats include space, biotechnology and the environment. She holds a B.A. in biology and a B.S. in anthropology from the University of Florida and completed a master's degree in science communication at U.C. Santa Cruz. A 2025 AAAS Mass Media Fellow, she wrote stories and produced videos during a summer at El Nuevo Día, Puerto Rico's largest newspaper, and has written for Eos, Mongabay, Science magazine and Stanford Report. Olivia is a native Spanish and English speaker.

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