Mandrin Cave

Mandrin Cave is a cave in France where habitation alternating between Neanderthals and Initial Upper Paleolithic Modern Humans in the cave has been documented, and the presence of modern humans has been dated to between 56,800 and 51,700 years ago, about 10,000 years before previously accepted dates for the colonization of Europe by modern humans.
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  • Type: Cave
  • Description: cave in France
  • Also known as: “Mandrin cave”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Chapelle Notre-Dame de Montchamp de Malataverne and Église Sainte-Madeleine de Malataverne.

Church
Photo: FredSeiller, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church, which is situated 1¼ km northwest of Mandrin Cave.

Church
Photo: François GOGLINS, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church, which is situated 2½ km northwest of Mandrin Cave.

Chapel
Photo: Celeda, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 3 km northeast of Mandrin Cave.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Châteauneuf-du-Rhône and Roussas.

Village
Photo: Sequajectrof, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a commune in the department in southeastern . is situated 5 km northwest of Mandrin Cave.

Village
Photo: BiiJii, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a commune in the department in southeastern . is situated 5 km southeast of Mandrin Cave.

Village
Photo: Marianne Casamance, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a commune in the department in southeastern . is situated 6 km south of Mandrin Cave.

Mandrin Cave

Latitude
44.46946° or 44° 28′ 10″ north
Longitude
4.77117° or 4° 46′ 16″ east
Open location code
8FP6FQ9C+QF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6083608430
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cave_entrance
Wiki­data ID
Q3117102
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Spanish—“Mandrin Cave” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Mandringrot”
  • French: “grotte Mandrin”
  • French: “Grotte Mandrin”
  • German: “Grotte Mandrin”
  • Italian: “Grotta Mandrin”
  • Latin: “Crypta Mandrin”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Barma de Mandrin”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Barma Mandrin”
  • Persian: “غار ماندرین”
  • Polish: “Jaskinia Mandrin”
  • Spanish: “Cueva de Mandrin”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ensemble archéologique de la Grotte Mandrin and Grotte du SD 29.

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