Krapina Neanderthal Site

The Krapina Neanderthal site at Husnjakovo Hill near Krapina, Croatia, is one of the world's most important paleoanthropological sites. Discovered in 1899 by Dragutin Gorjanovic-Kramberger, it yielded approximately 900 fossil bones from around 80 Neanderthal individuals aged 2 to 27, alongside 1,200 Mousterian stone tools and 2,400 animal bones. The remains date to approximately 125,000 years ago. The site holds the European Heritage Label and is Croatia's first protected paleontological monument.