The Neanderthals of Shanidar Cave
A disabled man cared for, and a burial perhaps with flowers
In the 1950s the remains of ten Neanderthals were found in a cave in northern Iraq. Shanidar 1, probably blind in one eye, with a withered arm and injured legs, still reached a mature age, so others must have looked after him; pollen in the grave of Shanidar 4 gave rise to the famous, if disputed, "flower burial".
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Eastern Europe & Russia
- c. 60,000 BC The Denisovans — same year
Africa
- c. 60,000 BC Out of Africa — same year