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More than 100 years ago, archaeologists first excavated the cave of La Chapelle-aux-Saints in southwestern France and made a spectacular discovery—what seemed to be an intact Neanderthal burial. However, excavation methods in the early twentieth century were sloppy by modern standards, and the 20 or so Neanderthal “burials” found since then have all been seriously questioned—many believe they are the result of natural features and depositional processes. Now,
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