Manot Cave
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Manot Cave (Hebrew: מערת מנות Me'arat Manot) is a cave in Western Galilee, Israel, discovered in 2008.[2] It is notable for the discovery of a skull that belongs to a modern human, called Manot 1, which is estimated to be 54,700 years old (U–Th dating of the calcitic crust on the Manot 1 calvaria and of speleothems in the cave). The partial skull was discovered at the beginning of the cave's exploration in 2008. Its significance was realised after detailed scientific analysis, and was first published in an online edition of Nature on 28 January 2015.[3][4] This age implies that the specimen is the oldest known human outside Africa, and is evidence that modern humans lived side-by-side with Neanderthals.[5] The cave is also noted for its "impressive archaeological record of flint and bone artefacts".[5] Geologically, it is an "active stalactite cave".[6]
Location | Western Galilee, Israel |
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Coordinates | 33°02′06″N 35°11′36″E |
Altitude | 220 m (722 ft)[1] |
Type | karstic cave |
Length | 80 m (262 ft) |
Site notes | |
Excavation dates | 2010–2017[1] |