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Neanderthal fossils

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Shanidar Cave
archaeological site
Sierra de Atapuerca
mountain range in Spain
Teshik-Tash
archaeological site in Uzbekistan
Grotte de Spy
cave in Belgium
Neanderthal 1
Neanderthal fossils
Altamura Man
hominin fossil
Denisova 11
female fossil with a Neanderthal mother and a Denisovan father
La Chapelle-aux-Saints 1
hominin fossil
Schmerling Caves
archaeological site in Belgium
Saccopastore skulls
hominin fossil
Gibraltar 1
Neanderthal skull found at Forbes' Quarry in Gibraltar
Goyet Caves
paleolithic site in Belgium
La Ferrassie 1
male Neanderthal skeleton
Wezmeh
thumb|270px|The Islamabad-e Gharb Plain near Wezmeh Cave Wezmeh Cave is an archaeological site near Islamabad Gharb, western Iran, around southwest of the capital Tehran. The site was discovered in 1999 and excavated in 2001 by a team of Iranian archaeologists under the leadership of Kamyar Abdi. Wezmeh cave was re-excavated by a team under direction of Fereidoun Biglari in 2019.
Engis 2
Amud 1
adult Southwest Asian Neanderthal skeleton
Miguelón
Miguelón is the popular nickname for a human skull of the Sima de los Huesos hominins, classified as belonging to the "Neanderthal clade". One of the best preserved skulls in the human fossil record, it has been estimated to date to 430,000 years ago. It is one of more than 5,500 fossils belonging to early human populations which have been found in the Sima de los Huesos ("pit of bones") site in the Sierra de Atapuerca in northern Spain. thumb|left|Another view of the cranium 5 of Atapuerca. The excavators suggest that this concentration of bones in the pit may represent the practice of buria
Trou de l’Abîme
cave in Belgium