Neanderthals put 35 skulls in this cave…. why?

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At Cueva des Cubierta, central Spain, archaeologists uncovered 35 skulls, all of horned animals in one cave chamber. What were Neanderthals doing with all these skulls? Are they the subtle traces of a Neanderthal ritual site?

Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
2:54 the problem with ritual
5:10 The site
8:02 What were Neanderthals doing
10:36 other funky stuff
12:27 other odd sites
15:53 Neanderthal art nearby


Sources:
Baquedano, Enrique, et al. “A symbolic Neanderthal accumulation of large herbivore crania.” Nature Human Behaviour, vol. 7, no. 3, 26 Jan. 2023, pp. 342–352, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-022-01....

Hoffmann, D. L., et al. “U-Th dating of carbonate crusts reveals Neandertal origin of Iberian cave art.” Science, vol. 359, no. 6378, 23 Feb. 2018, pp. 912–915, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aap7778.

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