The Mysterious La Quina Field - A Neanderthal Hotspot

Standing in Gardes-le-Pontaroux, France, one is but a stone's throw away from human history a century and a half old. Yes, Neanderthals roamed here. Fast forward to 1872, and two of their skulls, La Quina 5 and La Quina 18, became the first solid evidence of Neanderthals in Europe. Curiously enough, it remains unknown if Neanderthals resided here when this site was unearthed. Now, the site is a preserved monument, bridging a gap between us and our ancient past. Wanderers can relish the distance between them and those ancient residents, while admiring the relatively unchanged French countryside, a scene that has remained untouched for hundreds of thousands of years since the Neanderthals occupied the area.

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