page_title: Sidrón Cave
section_title: Morphology
hierarchical_section_title: Sidrón Cave / Neanderthal finds / Morphology
caption_attribution_description: English: image of Neanderthal fossil "Mandible 2" discovered in 1994 in the Sidron Cave, Asturia, Spain
context_page_description: The Sidrón Cave is a non-carboniferous limestone karst cave system located in the Piloña municipality of Asturias, northwestern Spain, where Paleolithic rock art and the fossils of more than a dozen Neanderthals were found. Declared a "Partial Natural Reserve" in 1995, the site also serves as a retreat for five species of bats and is the place of discovery of two species of Coleoptera.
context_section_description: Morphologically, the El Sidrón humans show a large number of Neanderthal lineage-derived features even though certain traits place the sample at the limits of Neanderthal variation. Integrating the El Sidrón human mandibles into the larger Neanderthal sample reveals a north–south geographic patterning. The cave is in the northern portion, southern Neanderthals show broader faces with increased lower facial heights.
caption: Sidron mandible
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