Balkan caves, gorges were pre-Neanderthal haven

[Judi Lynn]

Balkan caves, gorges were pre-Neanderthal haven
By Ljilja Cvekic
34 minutes ago

BELGRADE (Reuters Life!) - A fragment of a human jaw found in Serbia and believed to be up to 250,000 years old is helping anthropologists piece together the story of prehistoric human migration from Africa to Europe.

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The jaw was found at a depth of four meters, below a Neanderthal village in a linked cave, one of the richest archaeological sites in the region.

The remains of a hearth, primitive stone and bone tools and animals indicated an 80,000 year old home base.

"What we found there was enough to reconstruct the way of living, changes in culture, climate, vegetation and animal life during a longer period of some 50,000 years," Mihailovic said.

"The fact we found a jaw so many layers below the settlement is additional proof the jaw is much older."

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