{"id":2988,"date":"2026-06-12T09:08:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T09:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/israelagora.com.br\/en\/?page_id=2988"},"modified":"2026-06-12T09:08:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T09:08:00","slug":"descoberta-rara-caverna-pre-historica-de-300-mil-anos-e-revelada-ao-sul-de-haifa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/israelagora.com.br\/en\/?page_id=2988","title":{"rendered":"Rare discovery: 300,000-year-old prehistoric cave revealed south of haifa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sinapsees.com\/upload\/1\/sites\/26\/img_42123_1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:100%\"><figcaption>Findings discovered in the cave Credit: Emil Aladjem, Israel Antiquities Authority<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><hr><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\r\n\t<a href='http:\/\/israelagora.com.br\/en\"s=prehistoric'>#prehistoric<\/a><\/p><p><\/p><p>\r\n\t<!-- audio --><\/p><p>\r\n<button onclick=\"this.nextElementSibling.play()\" style=\"padding:12px 25px; font-size:18px; border:none; border-radius:8px; cursor:pointer;\">Listen<\/button><audio src=\"https:\/\/sinapsees.com\/audios\/42123-eng.mp3\" preload=\"none\"><\/audio><\/p><p>\r\n\t<strong>A prehistoric cave estimated to be between 400,000 and 250,000 years old is being excavated on the outskirts of the city of Fureidis, south of Haifa, close to the Zikhron Ya&#8217;akov junction<\/strong><\/p><p> The site, which remained sealed for hundreds of thousands of years, serves as a true time capsule of Acheulo-Yabrudian culture.\r\n<\/p><p>\r\nThe excavation is financed by the company Ayalon Highways and is led by archaeologists Dr. Kobi Vardi and Amit Gabbay, from the Israel Antiquities Authority, in partnership with professor Ron Shimelmitz, from the University of Haifa.<\/p><p>\r\nThe researchers highlight the global importance of the site, which offers evidence of a little-known period of human evolution at the end of the Lower Paleolithic, just before the expansion of Neanderthals and modern humans.\r\n<\/p><p>\r\nAccording to Professor Shimelmitz, the site was preserved in exceptional conditions, protected from the ravages of time.<\/p><p>\r\nThe gradual changes observed at this time-in physiology, technology, and social organization-represent the seeds of the complex culture that would characterize both Neanderthals and modern humans.<\/p><p>\r\nAmong the advances highlighted is the tendency to live in larger groups and stay in the same places for longer periods.\r\n<\/p><p>\r\nCaves from this period reveal intense use of fire and prolonged activities, suggesting a rich and organized camp life.<\/p><p>\r\nThis may be related to the development of social cooperation and the transmission of knowledge, fundamental steps in human evolution.<\/p><p>\r\nDr. Kobi Vardi, responsible for the Prehistory area of &#8220;&#8221;the Antiquities Authority, highlights the rarity of finding such a well-preserved site.<\/p><p>\r\nThe site is compared to the famous Nahal Me&#8217;arot, from the same period, and allows the way of life of the ancient groups to be studied with high precision.<\/p><p>\r\nAmong the finds are flint tools produced using advanced techniques, such as small, sharp hand axes, scrapers and blades, as well as bones from animals such as deer, gazelles and ancient horses.<\/p><p>\r\nThere is also evidence of the presence of water, which probably attracted hunter-gatherers.\r\n<\/p><p>\r\nDue to the site&#8217;s significance, the Antiquities Authority and the University of Haifa plan a broad research program to reconstruct how humans lived, adapted to the environment and developed new technologies.<\/p><p>\r\nAfter the end of the studies, it is expected that the cave will be opened to the public, especially to the residents of Fureidis, students from the region and anyone interested in local prehistory.\r\n<\/p><p>\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">??<br>Rare discovery: 300,000-year-old prehistoric cave revealed south of Haifa<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/prehistoric'src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#prehistoric<\/a><br><br>A prehistoric cave estimated to be between 400,000 and 250,000 years old is being excavated on the outskirts of the city of Fureidis, south of Haifa<br>Read more:<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5a6QMNQn7k\">https:\/\/t.co\/5a6QMNQn7k<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oKKFMKKBgh\">pic.twitter.com\/oKKFMKKBgh<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Rare Earth (@rareearth0) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/rareearth0\/status\/2066011390943367657?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 14, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\r\n<hr>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:right\"><em>Published in 06\/12\/2026 09h08<\/em><\/p>\r\n<hr>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:right\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/israelagora.com.br\/?page_id=18860\">Portuguese version<\/a><\/em><\/p>\r\n<hr>\r\n\r\n\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Text adapted by AI (Grok) and translated via Google API in the English version. Images from public image libraries or credits in the caption.<\/p>\r\n\t\t<hr>\r\n\t\t<p>Reference article:<\/p>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.israelnationalnews.com\/news\/428463\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.israelnationalnews.com\/news\/428463<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position: buttonline;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/sinapsees.com\/rodape_sites.php?arg=42123\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"420px\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n<div style=\"position: buttonline;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/sinapsees.com\/comentario_navegacao.php?arg=42123\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"500px\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n<div style=\"position:absolute; width:40%; height:70px; top:-70px; left:0px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/sinapsees.com\/oferta_site_esq.php?arg=42123\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"100%\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n<div style=\"position:absolute; width:40%; height:70px; top:-70px; right:0px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/sinapsees.com\/oferta_site_dir.php?arg=42123\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"100%;\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/sinapsees.com\/oferta_site_centralus.php\" width=\"100%\" height=\"330\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><figcaption>{teste}<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><hr>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":248,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2988","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/israelagora.com.br\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/israelagora.com.br\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/israelagora.com.br\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/israelagora.com.br\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/israelagora.com.br\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/israelagora.com.br\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2988\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/israelagora.com.br\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/israelagora.com.br\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}