Roughly 50,000 to 60,000 years ago, two groups of Neanderthals were living in caves less than 45 miles apart in what is now northern Israel. One group called Kebara Cave home—tucked into the limestone slopes of the Carmel Ridge. The other settled in the Amud Caves, nestled in the rugged eastern Upper Galilee near a dramatic stone pillar that gave …
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