Kostenki

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Kostenki

Kostenki is a village located in Voronezh Oblast

Voronezh Oblast

Voronezh Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia ....
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Kostenki is a village located in Voronezh Oblast

Voronezh Oblast

Voronezh Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia ....
, Russia

Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
. Geographical location . It is known for high concentration of cultural remains of modern humans from beginning of Upper Paleolithic

Upper Paleolithic

The Upper Paleolithic is the third and last subdivision of the Paleolithic or Old Stone Age as it is understood in Europe, Africa and Asia. Very broadly it dates to between 40,000 and 9th millennium BC years ago, roughly coinciding with the appearance of "high" culture and before the advent of agriculture....
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A layer of Campanian

Campanian

The Campanian is a faunal stage on the geologic time scale occurring from 83.5 ? 0.7 annum to 70.6 ? 0.6 Ma .It is the middle stage of the Late Cretaceous epoch ....
volcanic ash

Volcanic ash

Volcanic ash consists of small tephra, which are bits of pulverized rock and glass created by volcano eruptions, less than in diameter. There are three mechanisms of volcanic ash formation: gas release under decompression causing magmatic eruptions; thermal contraction from chilling on contact with water causing phreatomagmatic eruptions...
from about 40,000 years ago (or 38,000 BCE) has been found above some of the finds, showing that modern man inhabited the site before this.

According to John F. Hoffecker (BBC Science in Action
Science in Action

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, 12 Jan. 2007), sewing needle

Sewing needle

A sewing needle is a long slender tool with a pointed tip. The first needles were made of bone or wood; modern ones are manufactured from high carbon steel wire, nickel- or gold plated for corrosion resistance....
s were found just above the ash layer.