page_title: Loschbour man
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Loschbour man / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Lieu-dit Loschbour in Luxembourg, Mullerthal, where a well preserved mesolithic human skeleton was discovered in 1935.Français&#160;: Le lieu-dit Loschbour au Mullerthal, Luxembourg, où un squelette humain d'excellente préservation fut découvert en 1935.Lëtzebuergesch: De Lieu-dit Loschbur am Mëllerdall, wou 1935 e gutt erhalent mënschlecht Skelett, de sougenannte Loschburmënsch, aus dem Mesolithikum fonnt gouf.
context_page_description: The Loschbour man is a skeleton of Homo sapiens from the European Mesolithic discovered in 1935 in Mullerthal, in the commune of Waldbillig, Luxembourg.
context_section_description: The skeleton, nearly complete, was discovered on 7 October 1935 under a rock shelter in Mullerthal on the banks of the Black Ernz. It was found by amateur archeologist and school teacher Nicolas Thill. It is now at the National Museum of Natural History in Luxembourg City.
caption: The rock shelter where the skeleton was found
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