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Mamontovaya Kurya
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- Site type:
- Cave
- Lat/Long:
- 66.56, 62.41
- Country:
- Russian Federation
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Mamontovaya Kurya (Russian: Мамонтовая курья, "the mammoth curve") is a Palaeolithic site on the Usa River, Komi Republic, Russia. The site includes stone artifacts, animal bones and a mammoth tusk with human-made marks. Dated to 40,000 years before present, this is the oldest documented evidence of hominin activity at this latitude.