Early evidence, for Cornell !!
About three years ago, Dr. Ana Pinto, an archaeologist at Arizona State University, was driving past a natural outcropping in northwest Spain and - screech! - she put the brake to her car. She had just spotted a limestone cave that she sensed might have once been settled by prehistoric humans. For the next six months, she excavated the cave by hand, pushing through animal waste, bones, mud and human artifacts. By the time she had dug some nine feet deep, she knew she had hit the archaeological jackpot. "This cave at Sopeņa is almost unique because it has signs of continuous hominid habitation for at least 60,000 years," she said. "This is an incredibly rare find." Dr. Pinto, 45, who was born in Spain, came to New York City recently to receive an award from Wings WorldQuest, a foundation supporting women who make careers as explorers and scientists. For people in her field, she said, it often pays to think "like a Neanderthal." http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/07/science/07conv.html?