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THE WORLD's LARGEST NEANDERTHAL
FINDING SITE
 
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The Site (2/3)

 

In the sandy deposits of the cave about nine hundred remains of fossilised human bones were found - the fossil remains belonged to several dozen different individuals, of different sex, from 2 to 40 years of age.

Most of the (distalnih dijelova) of the (humerusa) (nadlaktične kosti) found in Krapina.
Most of the (distal parts) of the (humerus - the bone above the elbow) found in Krapina.


Numerous fossil remnants of the cave bear, wolf, moose, large deer, warm climate rhinoceros, wild cattle and many other animals were also found. Over a thousand pieces of various stone tools and weapons from the paleolytic era were found, all wittnessing to the material culture of the Krapina proto-human. This rich locality is approximately 130.000 years old.

 
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