(Courtesy Luka Mjeda)
Eagle talons from Neanderthal site, CroatiaMore than 100 years ago,
eight eagle talons were excavated from a famous Neanderthal site called
Krapina, and subsequently left in a drawer at the Croatian Natural
History Museum in Zagreb. Davorka Radovčic recently took over as
curator, and she discovered the talons while reexamining the museum’s
collections. She noticed several deep cut marks and evidence that the
talons had been strung together as a necklace. The talons have been
dated to about 130,000 years ago, predating the arrival of Homo sapiens
in the area by about 50,000 years. The talon necklace is now thought to
be the earliest known symbolic Neanderthal artifact.
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