Mamontovaya Kurya | |
Native Name: | Мамонтовая курья |
Map Type: | Russia Komi Republic |
Map Alt: | Location in the Komi Republic, Russia |
Map Size: | 250px |
Relief: | yes |
Built: | ca. 40,000 BP |
Epochs: | Paleolithic |
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.[1]