Lazaret Cave

Local nameGrotte préhistorique du Lazaret
LocationNice, France

The Grotte du Lazaret is an archaeological cave site of prehistoric human occupation study, situated in the eastern suburbs of the French town of Nice, overlooking the Mediterranean Sea.

Results of excavations have been interpreted as to account for the construction of shelters by humans during the Lower Paleolithic period. Research teams have unearthed more than 20,000 fossilized faunal bone fragments.

Two hundred thousand year old cranial fragments of a nine year old juvenile found in the cave suggest the presence of either Homo heidelbergensis or a proto-Neanderthal human.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grotte_du_Lazaret

Departement06 https://grottelazaret.departement06.fr/grotte-du-lazaret-9179.html

Info http://www.nice-tourism.com/sites-touristiques-nice/edifices-et-monuments-historiques-a-nice/la-grotte-du-lazaret.html

Email lazaret@lazaret.unice.fr

Phone +33 4 92 00 17 37

Address 33 Boulevard Franck Pilatte, 06300 Nice

Coordinates 43°41'26.617" N 7°17'41.302" E

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