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News from the GeoparkDig returns to Kents Cavern31 Aug 2009
This September Dr Mark White and Dr Paul Pettitt are back for 11 days to discover more about the Neanderthals that lived in the caves tens of thousands of years ago at Kents Cavern. This is an official Darwin200 event and you will be able to view the dig in action as part of your cave visit from Monday 31st August to Friday 11th Sept. Excavation directors Dr Mark White, of the University of Durham, and Dr Paul Pettitt, of the University of Sheffield, said: "We hope that the information recovered from these excavations will contribute to widely-debated issues in human evolution - specifically whether the expansion in numbers of our own species tens of thousands of years ago was connected with the extinction of the Neanderthals. Britain has so far failed to play a role in this fascinating and important debate, and we believe that Kents Cavern is the prime site where answers could be found." To find out more about what's been happening underground take a look at our Blog with news direct from the caves... |