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Mugharet el-Zuttiyeh ("Cave of the Robbers"), [1] also called as the "Skull Cave", is a prehistoric archaeological site in Upper Galilee, Israel. [2] It is situated 2,900 m (9,500 ft) from the Nahal Amud outlet, approximately 30 m (98 ft) above the wadi bed (148 m (486 ft) below sea level). It was found to house a fossil today known as the ...
Manot Cave (Hebrew: מערת מנות Me'arat Manot) is a cave in Western Galilee, Israel, discovered in 2008. [2] It is notable for the discovery of a skull that belongs to a modern human, called Manot 1, which is estimated to be 54,700 years old (U–Th dating of the calcitic crust on the Manot 1 calvaria and of speleothems in the cave).
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 Boxgrove Palaeolithic site is an internationally important archaeological site north-east of Boxgrove in West Sussex with findings that date to the Lower Palaeolithic.The oldest human remains in Britain have been discovered on the site, fossils of Homo heidelbergensis dating to 500,000 years ago. [2]
Swanscombe Skull Site or Swanscombe Heritage Park is a 3.9-hectare (9.6-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Swanscombe, north-west Kent, England. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It contains two Geological Conservation Review sites [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and a National Nature Reserve . [ 5 ]
The Petralona skull is the skull of a hominid found in Petralona Cave, about 35 km (22 mi) south-east of Thessaloniki city on the Chalkidiki peninsula, Greece. According to Aris Poulianos , head of the excavation team since 1965, it was found by a villager, Christos Sariannidis, in 1960.
Cave number Cave name Cave area 6AU-1: Deepdene Cave: Augusta 6AU-2: Bone Cave: Augusta 6AU-3: Bottomless Hole: Augusta 6AU-6: Harleys Cave: Augusta 6AU-8: Skull Cave: Augusta 6AU-9: Old Kudardup Cave: Augusta 6AU-11: Moondyne Cave: Augusta 6AU-13: Augusta Jewel Cave: Augusta 6AU-14: Easter Cave (Western Australia) Augusta 6AU-15: Deeondeeup ...
Together with the nearby sites of Tabun Cave, Jamal cave, and the cave at El Wad, Skhul is part of the Nahal Me'arot Nature Reserve, [1] a national park and UNESCO World Heritage Site. [2] The site was first excavated by Dorothy Garrod during summer of 1929. Several human skeletons were found in the cave, belonging to an ancient species of Homo ...