Animal bones, traces of Neanderthal found in karst cave

Postojna, 8 November - Bones of cave animals and traces of a Neanderthal settlement believed to be the oldest in Slovenia, with their age estimated at 170,000 years, have been found in a karst cave near the village of Šembije in the southwest of the country. The finds have been estimated to be twice as old as those from the Divje Babe site.

Postojna Biologist Slavko Polak at the exhibition on Ice Age animals in Slovenian lands at the Notranjska Regional Museum in Postojna. Photo: Notranjska Regional Museum

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Biologist Slavko Polak at the exhibition on Ice Age animals in Slovenian lands at the Notranjska Regional Museum in Postojna.
Photo: Notranjska Regional Museum

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