Kurdzhips River
File:Gumka Gorge Kurdzhips river.
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Area around Kurdskip River
the Kurdzhips River located in The Caucasus Mountains, is a river in the Absheron district of Krasnodar region, Russia.
The river is a venue for wilderness and extreme sports.[1][2] The river gained world attention in 2000 when Neanderthal remains were discovered in a cave on its banks.[3][4]
References
- ↑ Republic of Adygea.
- ↑ International Rock Climbing Festival in Guamka, Russia.
- ↑ Igor V. Ovchinnikov, Anders Götherström, Galina P. Romanova, Vitaliy M. Kharitonov, Kerstin Lidén & William Goodwin Molecular analysis of Neanderthal DNA from the northern Caucasus. Nature 404, 490-493 (30 March 2000).
- ↑ John F. Hoffecker, Desolate Landscapes: Ice-Age Settlement in Eastern Europe (Rutgers University Press, 2002)page 85-86 & .
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