Archaeologists have been excavating Israel's Tinshemet Cave for nearly a decade, but a new discovery in the cave is making waves for what it reveals about early humans and their behavior. Most interesting to archaeologists is the uncovering of a primitive burial ground, which experts hope will shed new light on how early humans honored their dead, and how those trends persist today.

What did archaeologists find in the cave?

The discovery was published in the journal Nature Human Behavior in March but only gained traction in the news several months later. At the cave, located in the hills of central Israel , archaeologists found what is believed to be "one of the oldest burial sites in the world," where the "well-preserved remains of early humans dating back some 100,000 years were ca

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