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Caune de l'Arago, Gorges du Gouleyrous, Occitanie, France

Caune de l'Arago or La grotte de Tautavel, or Arago Cave, in a limestone cliff in the Gorges du Gouleyrous in the Corbieres Massif, in Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The remains of the Tautavel Man, a subspecies of Homo Erectus, 450,000 years old, was found in the cave, along with further evidence of stone age activity. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Caune de l'Arago or La grotte de Tautavel, or Arago Cave, in a limestone cliff in the Gorges du Gouleyrous in the Corbieres Massif, in Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The remains of the Tautavel Man, a subspecies of Homo Erectus, 450,000 years old, was found in the cave, along with further evidence of stone age activity. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen