Kebara Cave

Kebara Cave (Arabic: Mugharet el-Kebara, Hebrew: Me'arat Kebara) is an Israeli limestone cave locality of the Wadi Kebara, situated at 60 - 65 metres ASL on the western escarpment of the Carmel Range, some 10km north-east of Caesarea. The cave was inhabited between 60,000 - 48,000 BP and is famous for its excavated finds of hominid remains, made under the direction of Professor Ofer Bar-Yosef.

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Arabic - Hebrew - Israeli - Limestone - Cave - Wadi Kebara - Metres - ASL - Escarpment - Carmel Range - Caesarea - BP - Excavated - Hominid - Ofer Bar-Yosef

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By far the most significant discovery made at Kebara Cave was that in 1982 of the most complete Neanderthal skeleton found to date. Nicknamed "Moshe" and dating to circa 60,000 BP, the skeleton preserved a large part of one individual's torso (vertebral column, ribs and pelvis). The head and lower limbs were missing; nonetheless, as studies of Neanderthals had been based largely on the various crania discovered since 1856, and as subsequent excavations had not revealed an even remotely complete extra-cranial skeleton, Moshe's was an an astounding discovery.

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1982 - Neanderthal - Skeleton - BP - Vertebral column - Ribs - Pelvis - Crania - 1856

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