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authorities to better protect the archaeological archive in the North Sea. Other scientists echoed this wish. The fragment further provides a piece of the puzzle in the settlement history of Great
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coast. The discovery is most notable for being the first evidence of a
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reveals that the piece belonged to a male
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623:Homo neanderthalensis
366:Schoonhoven, Silvan,
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1049:Contemporary species
976:Fossils with claimed
824:Saccopastore 1 and 2
617:Homo heidelbergensis
108:Dutch pronunciation:
1248:Neanderthal fossils
1221:Prehistoric Autopsy
1166:The Ugly Little Boy
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761:Saccopastore skulls
699:Levallois technique
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1177:Dance of the Tiger
1171:Neanderthal Planet
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914:Spy 1 and 2
894:radiocarbon
782:(130–50 ka)
582:Neanderthal
540: /
139:Publication
117:Neanderthal
80:Netherlands
41:Common name
1237:Categories
771:Altamura 1
684:Mousterian
663:Extinction
657:H. sapiens
525:51°40′49″N
509:2009-06-22
480:2009-06-22
456:2009-06-22
452:(in Dutch)
431:2009-06-22
402:2009-06-22
378:2009-06-22
374:(in Dutch)
372:BN/De Stem
353:2009-06-22
323:2009-06-22
296:2009-06-22
250:References
217:Importance
1063:Denisovan
1001:Atapuerca
679:Acheulean
645:Behaviour
590:Ancestors
528:3°21′10″E
347:The Times
76:North Sea
1093:Research
864:Tabun C1
854:Kebara 2
819:Scladina
745:Miguelón
650:Genetics
349:, London
318:BBC News
238:See also
178:Analysis
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780:Typical
640:Anatomy
633:Biology
231:British
133:Zeeland
49:Species
21:Quirijn
869:Amud 1
292:, 2009
270:4 July
157:Leiden
147:, the
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121:Dutch
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