La Quina
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Archaeological site in France
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La Quina H5
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La Quina 18, a 7-8-year-old child[1]
La Quina is a Middle and Early Upper Palaeolithic site in Gardes-le-Pontaroux, Charente, France. Two Neanderthal skulls were found there, La Quina 5 and La Quina 18. It is the type site of the Quina Mousterian.
It was discovered in 1872, and was classified as a French monument historique in 1984.[2]
References[]
- ^ http://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/human-fossils/fossils/la-quina-18
- ^ Base Mérimée: Gisement de la Quina, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
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