Goyet Caves

The Goyet Caves are a series of connected caves located in Belgium in a limestone cliff about 15 m above the river Samson near the village of Mozet in the Gesves municipality of the Namur province [1]. Occasional Neanderthal occupation begins 120,000 years ago and ends after 40,000 years ago [1]. Between 45,500 and 40,500 years ago Neanderthals lived in the Troisième Caverne, where 99 bones were discovered, that belong to at least five individuals [1]. This represents the largest collection of Neanderthal fossils in Northern Europe [1]. The condition of the fossils strongly suggests cannibalism [1]. Homo sapiens occupation began around 35,000 years ago [1]. The 35,000 year old humerus of a man from Goyet has been associated with the Aurignacian culture [1].