Neanderthal, Germany
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The Neanderthal is a small valley of the river Düssel in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, near the city of Mettmann. It is best known for the fact that in 1856, fossils of the Homo neanderthalensis were found there.
The Neanderthal was originally a scenic limestone canyon with waterfalls and caves. However, industrial mining during the 19th and 20th centuries removed almost all of the limestone and dramatically changed the shape of the valley. It was during such a mining operation that the bones of the original Neanderthal man were found in a cave. Neither the cave nor the cliff in which it was located exist anymore.
The valley (Thal in German) was named after Joachim Neander, who lived nearby and loved the valley to give him the inspiration for his compositions.
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es:Valle Neander
nl:Neanderthal
