By clicking on any registration form, you accept the ARA's privacy policy. "they are suitable for their symbology, very similar to that found on the Cantabrian coast or in the south of France. It tells us that the people who made these paintings in Simanya expressed themselves with the same language. There are many more similarities with the Pyrenees and with Cantabria than with other places in the Mediterranean," explains Morales. "We don't know what the contacts were like, but there certainly were some because they shared the same cultural tradition," he adds. The first speleological exploration with a scientific character in the Simanya cave was carried out in 1911. It was also archaeologically excavated in 1930 by the Centre Excursionista de Terrassa. It is, surely – or was before all these vestiges were found and, therefore, before they could be accessed – one of the most visited in Catalonia. It belongs to the Sant Llorenç Natural Park, a destination for many excursions and outings, and is quite accessible. "It's curious that in such a well-trodden and visited place, such exceptional remains have been found, and no one had noticed until now," Morales points out. The research has been published in the _Journal of Archaeological Science Reports_.

The Simanya cave, located in the Sant Llorenç del Munt i L'Obac Natural Park (Vallès Occidental), continues to yield surprises. The most significant Neanderthal remains found to date in Catalonia were discovered there: 54 bone fragments belonging to a woman, a young individual aged 11 or 12, and a child aged 7 or 8, who lived over 50,000 years ago. All three were buried close by, in a small, narrow, dark branch, about 70 metres from the cave entrance, which extends for about 300 metres. The remains were clandestinely removed from the cave in the 1970s. It wasn't until 2020 that they were identified as Neanderthal. That same year, it was confirmed that the cave also contained a series of engravings and pigment traces on the walls of the western gallery. It has now been confirmed that this is Palaeolithic art. Its creators would have been _Homo sapiens_ who lived during the Upper Palaeolithic, between 12,000 and 40,000 years ago. These paintings coincide, by era, with those of the Altamira cave in Cantabria. Edition:CataloniaAndorraBalearic IslandsValencian CountryGirona RegionsTarragona RegionLleida LandsPyrenees Catalonia Andorra Balearic Islands Valencian Country Girona Regions Tarragona Region Lleida Lands Pyrenees

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