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May 26, 2016

French cave sheds new light on the Neanderthals
Paris, France (SPX) May 26, 2016
Deep inside Bruniquel Cave, in the Tarn et Garonne region of southwestern France, a set of man-made structures1 336 meters from the entrance was recently dated as being approximately 176,500 years old. This discovery indicates that humans began occupying caves much earlier than previously thought: until now the oldest formally proven cave use dated back only 38,000 years (Chauvet). It also ranks the Bruniquel structures among the very first in human history. In addition, traces of fire show that t ... read more

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