Grotte du Renne (Arcy-sur-Cure)
Cave in the Yonne valley where Neanderthal bones were found alongside pierced animal teeth and ivory pendants. Whether the Neanderthals made those ornaments is a long-running fight.
Dated events and their evidence
- 40,000 BCE mainstream
The Châtelperronian layers with Neanderthal fossils, awls and ornaments form here source - 40,000 BCE disputed
The link between the Neanderthal bones and the ornaments is contested: the beads may have filtered down from later layers source
Where
47.6036° N, 3.7408° E
Sources
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