Mamontovaya Kurya
Мамонтовая курья | |
Location in the Komi Republic, Russia | |
History | |
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Founded | ca. 40,000 BP |
Periods | Paleolithic |
Mamontovaya Kurya (Russian: Мамонтовая курья, "the mammoth curve") is a Palaeolithic site on the Usa River, Komi Republic, Russia. The site includes stone artifacts, animal bones and a mammoth tusk with human-made marks. Dated to 40,000 years before present, this is the oldest documented evidence of hominin activity at this latitude.[1]
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- ^ Pavlov, Pavel; John Inge Svendsen; Svein Indrelid (6 Sep 2001). "Human presence in the European Arctic nearly 40,000 years ago". Nature. 413 (6851): 64–67. doi:10.1038/35092552. PMID 11544525.
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- Archaeological sites in Russia
- Geography of the Komi Republic
- Prehistory of the Arctic
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