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51Atapuerca — ▪ anthropological and archaeological site, Spain site of several limestone caves near Burgos in northern Spain, known for the abundant human (genus Homo) remains discovered there beginning in 1976. The site called Sima del Elefante (“Pit of …
52Bouri — ▪ anthropological and archaeological site, Ethiopia site of paleoanthropological excavations in the Awash River valley in the Afar region of Ethiopia, best known for its 2.5 million year old remains of Australopithecus garhi… …
53Fontéchevade — ▪ anthropological and archaeological site, France a cave site in southwestern France known for the 1947 discovery of ancient human remains and tools probably dating to between 200,000 and 120,000 years ago. The fossils consist of two skull… …
54Hominidae — ▪ anthropological family in zoology, one of the two living families of the ape superfamily Hominoidea, the other being the Hylobatidae ( gibbons). Hominidae includes the great apes that is, the orangutans (genus Pongo), gorillas (Gorilla),… …
55Kanapoi — ▪ anthropological and archaeological site, Kenya site of paleoanthropological excavations in northern Kenya southwest of Lake Turkana (Lake Rudolf (Rudolf, Lake)), best known for its fossils of Australopithecus anamensis (Australopithecus) …
56Klasies — ▪ anthropological and archaeological site, South Africa site of paleoanthropological excavations carried out since the late 1960s within a complex of South African coastal caves. Usually referred to as Klasies River Mouth, the site has… …
57Koro Toro — ▪ anthropological and archaeological site, Chad site of paleoanthropological excavations in central Chad, best known for a fossilized fragment of a species of Australopithecus discovered there in 1995. The fossil, a fragment of the lower… …
58Kromdraai — ▪ anthropological and archaeological site, South Africa South African paleoanthropological site best known for its fossils of Paranthropus robustus (Australopithecus). Kromdraai is a limestone cave that has occasionally had openings to the… …
59La Chapelle-aux-Saints — ▪ anthropological and archaeological site, France cave site near the village of La Chapelle aux Saints in central France where the bones of an adult Neanderthal male were found in 1908. Studies of the remains published in 1911–13 by French… …
60La Ferrassie — ▪ anthropological and archaeological site, France also spelled La Ferassie paleoanthropological site in the Dordogne region of France where Neanderthal fossils were found in a rock shelter between 1909 and 1921. Though the first report was… …
