History of Germany in Germany was the location where the first ever non-modern human fossil was discovered and recognised in 1856; the new species of human was named Neanderthal man. The Neanderthal 1 fossils are now known to be 40,000 years old. At a similar age, evidence of modern humans has been found in caves in the Swabian Jura near Ulm. The finds include 42,000-year-old bird bone and mammoth ivory flutes which are the oldest musical instruments ever found, the 40,000-year-old Ice Age Löwenmensch figurine which is the oldest uncontested figurative art ever discovered, and the 35,000-year-old Venus of Hohle Fels which is
Varaita Valley Varaita Valley Varaita Valley (in Italian "Valle Varaita") is a valley in south-west of Piedmont, in the Province of Cuneo - Italy. It takes its name from the Varaita, a right-hand tributary of the Po which flows through the valley. Close the French border the valley is divided in two sub-valleys named "Valle di Bellino" (south) and "Valle di Chianale" (north), which meet near Casteldelfino. The municipalities of Varaita Valley are Bellino, Brossasco, Casteldelfino, Costigliole Saluzzo, Frassino, Isasca, Melle, Piasco, Pontechianale, Rossana, Sampeyre, Valmala, Venasca and Verzuolo. The most important mountains of the valley are the Monviso (3.841 m) and