La Ferrassie: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	La Ferassie

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Skull of an adult male Neanderthal (Homo neanderthalensis), from the La Ferrassie anthropological site in the Dordogne region of France.

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Archaeology Neanderthal paleoanthropology Alesia La Chapelle-aux-Saints Le Moustier Saint-Acheul Saint-Césaire Fontéchevade Mont Lassois Arago Eyzies-de-Tayac caves Machu Picchu

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Temple ruins of columns and statures at Karnak, Egypt (Egyptian architecture; Egyptian archaelogy; Egyptian history)

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