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Cave in France alternately inhabited by Neanderthals and Upper Paleolithic Modern Humans
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44°28′10″N 4°46′17″E / 44.46944°N 4.77139°E / 44.46944; 4.77139

Mandrin Cave (sky view)

Mandrin Cave (French: "Grotte Mandrin") is a cave in France where habitation alternating between Neanderthals and Initial Upper Paleolithic Modern Humans has been documented, and the presence of modern humans has been dated to between 56,800 and 51,700 years ago, about 10,000 years before previously accepted dates for the colonization of Europe by modern humans. Mandrin Cave is located in the municipality of Malataverne, on the left bank of the Rhône.

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  • Stone tools from Mandrin Cave Stone tools from Mandrin Cave

References

  1. Slimak, Ludovic; Zanolli, Clément (11 February 2022). "Modern human incursion into Neanderthal territories 54,000 years ago at Mandrin, France". Science Advances. 8 (6): eabj9496. Bibcode:2022SciA....8J9496S. doi:10.1126/sciadv.abj9496. hdl:2440/134613. ISSN 2375-2548. PMC 8827661. PMID 35138885.
  2. Price, Michael (9 February 2022). "Did Neanderthals and modern humans take turns living in a French cave?". www.science.org.
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