Kostyonki (, lit. "small bones"), also spelled Kostenki, is a
rural locality
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(a ''
selo'') in
Khokholsky District of
Voronezh Oblast
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,
Russia
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, located on western middle bank of the
Don River
The Don () is the fifth-longest river in Europe. Flowing from Central Russia to the Sea of Azov in Southern Russia, it is one of Russia's largest rivers and played an important role for traders from the Byzantine Empire.
Its basin is betwee ...
.
It is known for its
archaeological sites
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with a high concentration of cultural remains of
anatomically modern humans
Early modern human (EMH), or anatomically modern human (AMH), are terms used to distinguish ''Homo sapiens'' ( sometimes ''Homo sapiens sapiens'') that are anatomically consistent with the range of phenotypes seen in contemporary humans, from ...
from the beginning of the
Upper Paleolithic
The Upper Paleolithic (or Upper Palaeolithic) is the third and last subdivision of the Paleolithic or Old Stone Age. Very broadly, it dates to between 50,000 and 12,000 years ago (the beginning of the Holocene), according to some theories ...
era.
References
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Rural localities in Khokholsky District
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