Arcy-sur-Cure
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Arcy-sur-Cure is a commune
in the Yonne
department in Burgundy in north-central France
.
The caves of Arcy-sur-Cure just south of the commune, hold the second-oldest cave paintings known, after those of Chauvet Cave
. Archeological remains at the Grotte de Renne
were taken to provide evidence that Neanderthal
s had modern human behavior but this is now doubted.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Yonne
Yonne
Yonne is a French department named after the Yonne River. It is one of the four constituent departments of Burgundy in eastern France and its prefecture is Auxerre. Its official number is 89....
department in Burgundy in north-central France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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The caves of Arcy-sur-Cure just south of the commune, hold the second-oldest cave paintings known, after those of Chauvet Cave
Chauvet Cave
The Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave is a cave in the Ardèche department of southern France that contains the earliest known cave paintings, as well as other evidence of Upper Paleolithic life. It is located near the commune of Vallon-Pont-d'Arc on a limestone cliff above the former bed of the Ardèche River...
. Archeological remains at the Grotte de Renne
Grotte de renne
The Grotte du Renne is one of the many caves of the archaeological site of the Middle/Upper Paleolithic period at Arcy-sur-Cure in France. It contains Châtelperronian lithic industry and Neanderthal remains. It was once taken to provide the best evidence that Neanderthals developed aspects of...
were taken to provide evidence that Neanderthal
Neanderthal
The Neanderthal is an extinct member of the Homo genus known from Pleistocene specimens found in Europe and parts of western and central Asia...
s had modern human behavior but this is now doubted.