Living in darkness, or even hibernating, could have left ancient humans with bone lesions gorodenkoff/Getty Images
Some of the ancient humans living in Europe half a million years ago had a remarkable strategy for dealing with winter: they hibernated. At least, that is the claim being made by two researchers. Others dispute the evidence 鈥 but ongoing research suggests that it might be possible to induce a hibernation-like state in modern humans.
Sima de los Huesos 鈥 the 鈥減it of bones鈥 鈥 lies in northern Spain and is one of the world鈥檚 most important sites for studying human evolution. Excavations at…
