Krapina Rock (1 of 2) (IMAGE)

University of Kansas

Krapina Rock (1 of 2)

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Arrow indicates edge of the rock with the reddish-brown limonite staining. La flèche indique le bord de la roche présentant une coloration de limonite rouge-brune. An international research team that includes Davorka Radovči?, Croatian Natural History Museum, curator, and David Frayer, University of Kansas, professor emeritus of anthropology, discovered a limestone rock recovered from the Krapina Neanderthal site didn't belong in the cave and was evidence a Neanderthal collected it 130,000 years ago.

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David Frayer, University of Kansas

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