Goyet Caves
Cave complex in the Samson valley in Belgium. Neanderthal bones here carry butchery cut marks and were cracked for marrow, the clearest cannibalism evidence in northern Europe.
Dated events and their evidence
- 41,000 BCE mainstream
Neanderthals occupy the Troisième Caverne; some of their bones were butchered like reindeer source - 29,680 BCE disputed
Canid skull claimed as an early dog; DNA shows an extinct side branch and the dog identification is contested source
Where
50.4467° N, 5.0089° E
Sources
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