- Grotte de Spy
The Grotte de Spy (Spy Cave) is located near Spy in the municipality of
Jemeppe-sur-Sambre , province of Namur,Belgium . [cite web |url=http://users.swing.be/grottedespy/page10.html |title=Accéder |work=La grotte de Spy: le sommaire. |language=French |accessdate=2007-03-15] . It has been classified asWallonia 's Major Heritage by theWalloon Region .It is one of the most important
paleolithic sites inEurope , and has undergone manyexcavations with many recoveries. In1886 a discovery was made that still represents a capital episode in the history of science. The excavation was conducted by inhabitants of Liège, and consisted of anarchaeologist (Marcel de Puydt), ageologist (Max Lohest) and apaleontologist (Julien Fraipont). This team proved to the international community the existence of a more antiquated type of human, in other words, theNeandertal . Julien Fraipont published about Spy in an American Review ["La race humaine de Neanderthal ou de Canstadt en Belgique: Recherches ethnographiques sur des ossements d'une grotte à Spy et détermination de leur âge géologique in "American Anthropologist", Vol. 1, No. 3 (Jul., 1888), pp. 286-287 (review consists of 2 pages)]References
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