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  • Archaeologists rediscover the lost home of the last Neanderthals

    10/19/2013 6:33:14 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 29 replies
    Natural Environment Research Council ^ | October 17, 2013 | unattributed
    A record of Neanderthal archaeology, thought to be long lost, has been re-discovered by NERC-funded scientists working in the Channel island of Jersey... a key archaeological site has preserved geological deposits which were thought to have been lost through excavation 100 years ago. The discovery was made when the team undertook fieldwork to stabilise and investigate a portion of the La Cotte de St Brelade cave, on Jersey's south eastern coastline. A large portion of the site contains sediments dating to the last Ice Age, preserving 250,000 years of climate change and archaeological evidence. The site, which has produced more...