Excavations at Hohlenstein-Stadel Cave in 1937 (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology

Excavations at Hohlenstein-Stadel Cave in 1937

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During excavations near the entrance of Hohlenstein-Stadel cave in southwestern Germany in 1937 a 124,000 year old Neanderthal femur was discovered. Now its mitochondrial DNA was analyzed and provides a timeline for a suggested migration of hominins out of Africa before 220,000 years ago.

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