Balanica
Sign in to saveBalanica () is a cave complex, archaeological and palentological site in the City of Niš' municipality of Niška Banja in southeast Serbia. It consists of Velika Balanica and Mala Balanica (meaning Great and Little Balanica). The entrances of two caves are apart, at an elevation of , and form one cave system. The two Balanica caves extend parallel to each other, likely being connected at the rear.
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- Location and geography
- Discovery
- Mala Balanica
- Geography
- Hominin remains
- Velika Balanica
- Archaeology
- Fauna
- Tools
- Hominin remains
- Assessment
- Protection
- See also
- References
- Sources
Balanica () is a cave complex, archaeological and palentological site in the City of Niš' municipality of Niška Banja in southeast Serbia. It consists of Velika Balanica and Mala Balanica (meaning Great and Little Balanica). The entrances of two caves are apart, at an elevation of , and form one cave system. The two Balanica caves extend parallel to each other, likely being connected at the rear.
In 2006, remains of a non-Neanderthal archaic Homo were discovered in Mala Balanica. Estimated to be up to 525,000 years old, it was the oldest hominin remains discovery in Serbia and third oldest in Europe discovered at the time.
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