The Spanish team started their work after a group of cave explorers found two skeletons in a deep cave high up in the Cantabrian Mountains of northwest Spain in 2006. The skeletons, which belonged to two men in their early 30s, had been very well preserved in the cool cave. Carbon dating showed the skeletons are around 7,000 years old, from the time before farming arrived in Europe from the Middle East. Other things were found in the cave, including reindeer teeth that were hung from the people’s clothing.
What does carbon dating tell us about the skeletons?
They were from the time before the introduction of farming in Europe They belonged to men who arrived in Europe from the Middle East They belonged to men in their early 30s They were from a time around the Middle Ages