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Kebara 2 was the first Neanderthal specimen for which the hyoid bone was preserved, a bone found in the throat and closely related to the vocal tract. Its anatomy was virtually identical to a modern one, leading the excavators to controversially suggest that Neanderthals had at least part of the physical requirements for speech.
With an estimated height of 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in), it is considerably taller than any other known Neanderthal, [1] and its skull has by far the largest cranial capacity (1736 [2]-1740 [3] cm 3) of any human skull in the fossil record. According to Ralph Holloway, this makes it one of the most famous Neanderthal specimens. [4]
1600 [1] 1908 France: L. Bardon, A. Bouyssonie and J. Bouyssonie La Ferrassie 1: 70k–50k 1641 [1] 1909 France: Louis Capitan and Denis Peyrony Musée de l'Homme: Neanderthal 1: 40k 1452 [1] 1856 Germany: Kleine Feldhofer Grotte: Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn: Saccopastore 1: 250k 1200 [2] 1929 Italy: Saccopastore 2: 250k 1300 [3] 1935 Italy ...
1.4 Netherlands. 1.5 United Kingdom. ... Print/export Download as PDF ... This is a list of archeological sites where remains or tools of Neanderthals were found ...
La Ferrassie 1 (LF1) is a male Neanderthal skeleton estimated to be 58–50,000 years old. [1] It was discovered at the La Ferrassie site in France by Louis Capitan and Denis Peyrony in 1909. The skull is the most complete Neanderthal skull ever found. [ 2 ]
Krapina Neanderthal site, also known as Hušnjakovo Hill (Croatian: Hušnjakovo brdo) is a Paleolithic archaeological site located near Krapina, Croatia.. At the turn of the 20th century, Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger recovered faunal remains as well as stone tools and human remains at the site.
The most significant discovery made at Kebara Cave was Kebara 2 in 1982, the most complete postcranial Neanderthal skeleton found to date. Nicknamed "Moshe" and dating to circa 60,000 BP, the skeleton preserved a large part of one individual's torso (vertebral column, ribs and pelvis). The cranium and most of the lower limbs were missing.
Le Moustier is an archeological site consisting of two rock shelters in Peyzac-le-Moustier, a village in the Dordogne, France.It is known for a complete skeleton of the species Homo neanderthalensis that was discovered in 1908.