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ON July 30, 1965, in the course of the archaeological investigation of the Kůlna Cave in the Moravian Karst, the right part of the upper jaw of a Neanderthal man was found. The Kůlna Cave is situated about 45 km to the north of Brno. Moravia is probably one of the richest palaeolithic regions in Europe. Apart from rich finds of the skeletal remains of Upper Palaeolithic man, it has also provided the well known find of the neanderthaloid jaw from the Šipka Cave, and of the “Ochoz jaw” from the Švédůvstůl Cave1. The new find from the Kůlna Cave has, however, the best stratigraphic dating and is substantiated by a wealth of archaeological and palaeontological evidence. It is thus important not only for the solution of questions relating to the palaeolithic populations of Central Europe, but also for the explanation of the origin and formation of modern man Homo sapiens.
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JELÍNEK, J. Jaw of an Intermediate Type of Neanderthal Man from Czechoslovakia. Nature 212, 701–702 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/212701a0
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