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First, let’s put things into perspective. Prehistoric man is commonly related to the Pleistocene epoch of geological time, which is colloquially referred to as the “Ice Age.” Lasting from about 2.6 million to 11,700 years ago, it spanned the world’s most recent period of repeated glaciations.
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For more information on Neanderthals and humans go to the Smithsonian Natural History Museum website at:
http://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/genetics/ancient-dna-and-neanderthals
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To watch a 5 minute video of exploring the Kurbera-Voronja cave go to:
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To watch a 16 minute video of the “Perovo-speleo” team exploring the Veryoukina Cave go to:
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Go to the Mammoth Cave website for many more photos.
https://www.doi.gov/blog/mammoth-cave-explore-worlds-longest-cave
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Take a two minute tour of the Carlsbad Cavern at:
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Watch a four minute video of the Skocjan Caves on YouTube at:
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For a 6 minute drone view of the Hang Son Doong cave go to:
https://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/news/150319-son-doong-vietnam-cave-vin
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For a 46 minute National Geographic documentary showing exploration of the Hang Son Doong cave and the violence of the river flowing through it go to:
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For an 8 minute video tour of the Lava Beds National Monument go to:
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To read more: https://www.desertusa.com/mnp/mnp_mc.html#ixzz5PVnMAmph
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For a short two minute video go to:
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The ages of caves in the Cordillera de la Sal are available from:
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For a YouTube tour of Inner Space Cavern go to:
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Watch a 4 minute video about the Lascaux cave complex at
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For a three minute video of Zhoukoudian go to: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/449/video
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von Ehrenfried, M. (2019). Cave Uses on Earth From Prehistory to the Present. In: From Cave Man to Cave Martian. Springer Praxis Books(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05408-3_2
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