Callao Cave

Callao Cave, Philippines

An enormous cave system with beautiful speleothems. Here have been found the earliest human remains in the Philippines, at least 67 thousand years old. These remnants belong to an extinct species of humans – Homo luzonensis.

Early human finds

Liang Bua cave, Flores, Indonesia

Wondermondo 🢖 Categories of wonders 🢖 Biological wonders 🢖 Fossil finds 🢖 Early human finds Category Early human finds Described early human finds What is included in this category? In this category Wondermondo has included most important and unusual places with remains and other traces of activities by early humans (including other species of humans) and other hominins. This is a subcategory to […]

Gorham’s Cave

Entrance in Gorham's Cave, Gibraltar - the last refuge of Neanderthals

One of four caves in Gorham’s Cave complex. Cave has formed in Jurassic limestone and has an 18 m thick layer of sediments that contain very important finds including the latest find of Neanderthals who lived here 60 – 24 thousand years ago when the sea was far away from the cave and the area was rich with resources. This is the last known settlement of Neanderthals in the world. The time of their habitation includes an incision of eight lines, made at least 39,000 years ago, most likely made by Neanderthals – the oldest known abstract drawing in the world. 23 thousand years ago here started to live modern humans, who left some paintings on the walls of the cave. Phoenicians and Carthaginians used this cave as their shrine, leaving offerings here.

Kalambo Falls

Kalambo Falls, Zambia

221 – 235 m tall, single plunge waterfall. The second tallest uninterrupted fall in Africa. Important archaeological site – a site of human settlement since 300 000 BC, starting from Acheulian culture.