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Noisetier Cave, or Grotte du Noisetier, is a prehistoric cave site in the Aure Valley of the French Pyrenees that contributes important evidence to the study of Neanderthal lifeways, Middle Paleolithic technology, animal exploitation, and the behavior of human groups living in mountainous environmen...

Deep beneath the limestone landscape of southwestern France lies one of the most extraordinary archaeological discoveries associated with Neanderthals: a series of deliberately constructed circular and semi-circular structures made from broken stalagmites.

These mysterious formations occur deep inside ...

Mandrin Cave is one of the most important archaeological sites for understanding the transition between Neanderthals and modern humans in western Europe.

Located in the Rhône Valley of southeastern France, Grotte Mandrin has produced evidence that dramatically changed the chronology of...

The Grotte du Renne, or Reindeer Cave, at Arcy-sur-Cure in Burgundy, is one of the most important and controversial archaeological sites in the study of Neanderthal behavior.

Its importance comes from an unusual combination of evidence.

The cave contains Neanderthal remai...

The caves of Arcy-sur-Cure form one of the most remarkable prehistoric archaeological landscapes in France.

Located in the Yonne department of Burgundy, the Arcy-sur-Cure and Saint-Moré cave systems contain a remarkable sequence of human activity stretching across multiple prehistoric ...