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Archaeological wonders tagged “neanderthal”

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🇪🇸 Spain · Rock art

La Pasiega Cave

Middle Paleolithic to Magdalenian ~64–11 ka BP · Neanderthal and later Solutrean/Magdalenian

Monte Castillo cave with 64 ka Neanderthal ladder motif and 700 parietal figures.

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🇸🇾 Syria · Archaeological wonder

Dederiyeh Cave

Lower to Upper Palaeolithic (250–12 ka; peaks Middle Palaeolithic 70–50 ka) · Yabrudian → Levantine Mousterian (Neanderthal) → Upper Palaeolithic modern human

Afrin karst cave with two Neanderthal infant burials demonstrating deliberate funerary ritual.