🌬️ Kleine Feldhofer Grotte

Germany · Europe · 51.23°N, 6.95°E

Kleine Feldhofer Grotte was a karstic limestone cave and a paleoanthropologic site in the Neander Valley in western Germany. In August 1856, the Neanderthal type specimen was unearthed from the cave. Miners uncovered a skull cap and a number of skeletal bones to be labeled Neanderthal. The bones belong to at least three distinct individuals.

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Quick facts

Country	Germany
Continent / region	Europe
Coordinates (approx.)	51.23°N, 6.95°E · view on map

Kleine Feldhofer Grotte is located in Germany, in Europe.

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