{"id":3368,"date":"2021-05-08T23:22:49","date_gmt":"2021-05-09T04:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.webfxonline.com\/?p=3368"},"modified":"2021-05-17T15:12:54","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T20:12:54","slug":"3368","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webfxonline.com\/?p=3368","title":{"rendered":"Neanderthal remains unearthed in Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"360\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 640 \/ 360;\" width=\"640\" autoplay controls poster=\"https:\/\/www.webfxonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/33.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.webfxonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/d037d327-4e06-4e5a-b662-2a18010a_650.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Archaeologists in Italy have discovered the remains of nine Neanderthals who may have been hunted by hyenas, in a prehistoric cave south-east of Rome.<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Neanderthal bones were discovered in a cave south of Rome\" 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