# Mandrin Cave

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Cave in France alternately inhabited by Neanderthals and Upper Paleolithic Modern Humans

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[44°28′10″N 4°46′17″E / 44.46944°N 4.77139°E / 44.46944; 4.77139](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Mandrin_Cave&params=44_28_10_N_4_46_17_E_)

Mandrin Cave (sky view)

**Mandrin Cave** (French: "Grotte Mandrin") is a cave in France where habitation alternating between Neanderthals and [Initial Upper Paleolithic](/source/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.[1][2] Mandrin Cave is located in the municipality of [Malataverne](/source/Malataverne), on the left bank of the [Rhône](/source/Rh%C3%B4ne).

		- Mandrin Cave

		- Stone tools from Mandrin Cave

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Slimak, Ludovic; Zanolli, Clément (11 February 2022). ["Modern human incursion into Neanderthal territories 54,000 years ago at Mandrin, France"](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8827661). *Science Advances*. **8** (6) eabj9496. [Bibcode](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[2022SciA....8J9496S](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022SciA....8J9496S). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1126/sciadv.abj9496](https://doi.org/10.1126%2Fsciadv.abj9496). [hdl](/source/Hdl_(identifier)):[2440/134613](https://hdl.handle.net/2440%2F134613). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [2375-2548](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/2375-2548). [PMC](/source/PMC_(identifier)) [8827661](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8827661). [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [35138885](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35138885).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Price, Michael (9 February 2022). ["Did Neanderthals and modern humans take turns living in a French cave?"](https://www.science.org/content/article/did-neanderthals-and-modern-humans-take-turns-living-french-cave). *www.science.org*.

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