Vindija Cave
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Vindija Cave is a Paleolithic archaeological site in northern Croatia renowned for its well-preserved Neanderthal remains that were crucial for sequencing the Neanderthal genome.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Paleolithic site
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archaeological site ⓘ cave ⓘ |
| archaeologicalPeriod |
Middle Paleolithic
ⓘ
Upper Paleolithic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithResearchInstitution | Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology GENERATED ⓘ |
| associatedWithScientist | Svante Pääbo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsFossil |
Homo sapiens
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Neanderthal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsRemainsOf |
Pleistocene fauna
ⓘ
cave bear ⓘ fox ⓘ large herbivores ⓘ wolf ⓘ |
| country | Croatia ⓘ |
| discovered | 1920s ⓘ |
| excavatedBy |
Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mirko Malez NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstMajorExcavations | 1970s ⓘ |
| geologicalFormation | limestone cave ⓘ |
| hasApproximateDateRange | about 150000 to 10000 years ago ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalCulture |
Aurignacian
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gravettian NERFINISHED ⓘ Mousterian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDating | Late Pleistocene ⓘ |
| hasGeologicalAge | Pleistocene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasKeySpecimen |
Vindija Neanderthal Vi-33.16
NERFINISHED
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Vindija Neanderthal Vi-33.25 NERFINISHED ⓘ Vindija Neanderthal Vi-33.26 NERFINISHED ⓘ Vindija Neanderthal Vi-80 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasProtectionStatus | protected paleontological site of Croatia ⓘ |
| hasStratigraphicUnit |
G1 Neanderthal horizon
NERFINISHED
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G1 layer ⓘ G2 layer ⓘ G3 layer ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Late Pleistocene hominin fossils
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Mousterian archaeological layers ⓘ Neanderthal remains ⓘ Upper Paleolithic archaeological layers ⓘ contribution to Neanderthal genome sequencing ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Varaždin County
NERFINISHED
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northern Croatia NERFINISHED ⓘ northwestern Croatia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Donja Voća NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Vinec Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| providedDNAFor |
draft Neanderthal genome
ⓘ
high-coverage Neanderthal genome sequence ⓘ |
| usedAs |
prehistoric animal den
ⓘ
prehistoric habitation site ⓘ |
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