A cave in Israel may have been the place where modern humans and Neanderthals had a Mediterranean romance – if an ancient piece of skull is to be believed.
It was sealed off from humanity for 30,000 years before sewer workers accidentally shattered its high, vaulted ceiling and allowed Israeli searchers to rappel into its dark interior. Sweeping the cave’s damp walls and mineral spires with flashlights, the visitors discovered a trove of charcoal-smudged hearths, hundreds of animal bones and Stone Age tools.
