Bugün öğrendim ki: Bilinen en eski sembolik mezar yeri, günümüz Nasıra kentinin güneyinde, dokuz yaşındaki bir çocuğun bacakları bükülmüş ve kollarında bir geyik boynuzu beşik olarak gömülü olarak bulunduğu bir mağarada bulundu. Site yaklaşık 92.000 BP'ye tarihlendirildi ve bu da onu yaklaşık 95.000 yaşında yaptı.
**Qafzeh cave** ([Hebrew](/wiki/Hebrew_language "Hebrew language"): מערת קפזה‎, [romanized](/wiki/Romanization_of_Hebrew "Romanization of Hebrew"): _Me'arat Qafzeh_ ) means “precipice”, also known as **Kedumim cave** (Hebrew: מערת קדומים‎, romanized: _Me'arat Kedumim_ ) or **Ha'kfitza cave** (Hebrew: מערת הקפיצה‎, romanized: _Me'arat Hakfitzah_ ), is a [ prehistoric](/wiki/Prehistory "Prehistory") [archaeological site](/wiki/Archaeological_site "Archaeological site") located at the bottom of [Mount Precipice](/wiki/Mount_Precipice "Mount Precipice") (Hebrew: הר קדומים‎ , "Har Kedumim"), in the [Jezreel Valley](/wiki/Jezreel_Valley "Jezreel Valley") of the [Lower Galilee](/wiki/Lower_Galilee "Lower Galilee"), south of [Nazareth](/wiki/Nazareth "Nazareth").[ _[citation needed](/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed "Wikipedia:Citation needed")_ ][1][2] Important remains of [prehistoric](/wiki/Prehistory "Prehistory") people were discovered on the site - some of the oldest examples in the world, it utside of [Africa](/wiki/Africa "Africa"), of virtually [anatomically modern human beings](/wiki/Anatomically_modern_human "Anatomically modern human").[3][4] These were discovered on the ledge just outside the cave, where 18 [layers](/wiki/Layer_\(archeology\) "Layer \(archeology\)") from the [Middle Paleolithic](/wiki/Archaeology_of_Israel