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Prehistoric sites in Russia

  • Denisova CaveIn the Bashelaksky Range of the Siberian Altai Mountains, a limestone cave sits approximately 150 meters above the right bank of the Anuy River.
  • Kostyonki–BorshchyovoCornelis de Bruijn stood on the western bank of the Don River in 1703 and found many elephant teeth. He kept one tooth for his own curiosity while wondering…
  • SungirA local worker digging in a clay pit near Vladimir, Russia, stumbled upon human bones in 1955. This accidental find marked the beginning of decades of…