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Neanderthals and Monkeys in the Würmian of Central Europe: The Middle Paleolithic Site of Hunas, Southern Germany

Kurt W. AltBrigitte HilpertMaria KnippingUlrich HambachBrigitte KaulichLudwig ReischDieta AmbrosWilfried Rosendahl

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Sequence (geology)PaleontologyGeographygeography.geographical_feature_categoryPleistoceneCaveHomo neanderthalensisMiddle PaleolithicGlacial periodArchaeology

description

The site of Hunas is a cave ruin, filled with bedded sediments up to the roof. About 20 m sediments from the top down were excavated and yielded Middle Paleolithic artifacts as well as numerous faunal remains, including Macaca. With a single human molar, the site is one of the rare Neanderthalian localities in Germany. New TIMS-U/Th dating of speleothems at the base of the profile indicate that the whole sequence was not deposited during the late Middle Pleistocene as previously thought, but during the last glacial. According to the new chronological results, Hunas is the only place which shows the coexistence of man and monkey in the Wurmian of Central Europe. The Macaca remains are the most recent evidence of magots in Central Europe so far.

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2011-01-01
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0415-2_3