Contents of The Cave
The fossil bones found in the cave included elephants, hippopotamuses, rhinoceroses, hyenas, bison, giant deer, smaller mammals and birds. This is the northernmost site in the world where hippopotamus remains have been found. It also included a considerable amount of fossilized hyena feces. The fossiized remains were embedded in a silty layer sandwiched between layers of stalagmite.
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