Neandertal (valley)

Long after the initial discovery of the Neanderthal specimen from the valley, the discarded deposits from the cave were rediscovered and then excavated in 1997 and 2000. These excavations yielded multiple artifacts and human skeletal fragments. Two cranial fragments seem to fit onto the original Neandertal 1 calotte (bones of the cranial vault). Other pieces include bones or teeth from at least two other individuals, and DNA sequencing has confirmed that one of them was also a Neanderthal. They lived about 40,000 years ago. == See also ==