![]() ![]() A broken molar and sophisticated stone points suggest that Europe’s first known humans may have lived here 54,000 years ago, subsequently alternating occupation with Neanderthals during thousands of years of European prehistory. And they weren’t the only species to move in. ![]() So Neanderthals found the location attractive enough to call it home, seasonally at least, for tens of thousands of years. But the shelter nestled inside a rock outcropping has wide views over a Rhône Valley once teeming with deer, bison and horses. Grotte Mandrin isn’t an extensive cave it’s just a deep overhang in southern France that provides protection from the elements. ![]()
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