A winter storm near Rota in Cadiz, Spain stripped beach sand, exposing ~12,000-year-old Upper Paleolithic strata. Researchers found human-made rectangular cut marks and elephant leg bones in the same layer, now registered at the local museum. Plato described this region as having elephants — matching later Greek colonization. 🦴⛈️
Storm exposes 12,000-year-old human marks and elephant bones near Cadiz, Spainlost_civilization
Key facts
- A severe winter storm stripped sand from a beach near Rota/El Puerto de Santa María in the Cadiz region of Spain, exposing Upper Paleolithic strata
- The exposed strata date to approximately 12,000 years ago
- Human-made rectangular cut marks were discovered in the strata
- Elephant leg bones were found in the same layer and sent to the local museum for registration
- The area was colonized by ancient Greeks, matching Plato's description of the region having elephants, horses, and bulls
- The discovery was covered in local newspapers
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by G Anfuso · 2007 · Cited by 65 — The present paper is a combined study on the medium and short-term evolution of the littoral between Chipiona and Rota (SW Spain).
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