article_snippet.sent: However, a recent excavation of a cave in the foothills of the Pyrenees Mountains in Spain is suggesting our ancient cousins, the Neanderthals, were more in tune with nature.
article_snippet.sent: Archaeologists have discovered evidence that Neanderthals regularly inhabited the Cave of Llenes, near Senterada in Catalonia, around 200,000 years ago but were not alone.
article_snippet.sent: The fossilised remains of badgers were found in old dens within the cave alongside Neanderthal camps .
article_snippet.sent: The remains of other canivores including cave bears, hyenas, leopards, wolves and badgers have been found in the cave and were apparently also living there.
article_snippet.sent: While some of the bones may have been brought there by the Neanderthals themselves, it seems the Neanderthals themselves were also sharing the cave with these other predators.
article_snippet.sent: Scratches on the walls and hibernations nests particularly indicate that cave bears spent a considerable amount of time there.
article_snippet.sent: Neanderthals, shown in the artist's impression above, may have lived alongside predators in a cave in Spain .
article_snippet.sent: Researchers found several cave bear fossils, similar to the one above, along with scratches on the walls and signs of hibernation nests that suggest Researchers were living in the cave alongside Neanderthals 200,000 years ago .
article_snippet.sent: ‘The excavations have documented regular visits by groups Neanderthals, probably related to hunting animals living around the cave.
highlights_snippet.sent: Fossils found in Cave of Llenes in Catalonia, Spain suggests Neanderthals lived  alongside other predators like badgers, bears, wolves and leopards .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Several carnivores used the cave as a den at the time 200,000 years ago .