Vindija Cave

Vindija Cave

Vindija Cave
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Location	Donja Voća
Region	Hrvatsko Zagorje
Coordinates	46°17′57″N 16°4′14″E / 46.29917°N 16.07056°E / 46.29917; 16.07056
Length	50 metres (160 ft)[1]
Width	28 metres (92 ft)[1]
Height	20 metres (66 ft)[1]
History
Periods	Paleolithic
Associated with	Neanderthals, Paleo-humans
Site notes
Archaeologists	Mirko Malez

Vindija Cave is an archaeological site associated with Neanderthals and modern humans, located in the municipality of Donja Voća, northern Croatia. Remains of three Neanderthals were selected as the primary sources for the first draft sequence of the Neanderthal genome project in 2010.^[2] Additional research was done on the samples and published in 2017.