The Loschbour man (also Loschbur man) – a skeleton of Homo sapiens from the European Mesolithic discovered in 1935 in Mullerthal, Luxembourg.


A facsimile. National Museum of History and Art in Luxembourg. 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. Loschbour man lived dates to 6200-5900 BC, making the skeleton the oldest human remains found in the country. It is now at the National Museum of Natural History in Luxembourg City.


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Location: Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
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