New DNA tests have revealed that the fetus found in the Sesselfelsgrotte cave in the Altmühl Valley was related to Neanderthals who lived in southwestern France around 50,000 years ago. Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) began excavations in the Sesselfelsgrotte cave in 1964, and now actually owns the cave. Prof. Dr. Thorsten Uthmeier, Chair of Prehistoric Archaeology and the…
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