New archaeological research in the southern province of Hatay revealed that Neanderthals and early modern humans shared a range of cultural traditions nearly 59,000 years ago, offering fresh evidence of interaction between the two human species.

The excavation of a cave in southern Türkiye revealed evidence of shared technologies, survival strategies, and even symbolic objects.

Discoveries at a Üçağızlı II cave in southern Turkey suggest that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens made similar tools, hunted the same animals and both collected shells.