Misliya Cave
מערת מיסליה | |
Misliya Cave Shown within Northern Haifa region of Israel | |
| Alternative name | Brotzen Cave |
|---|---|
| Location | Mount Carmel, Israel |
| Region | Levant |
| Coordinates | 32°44′29″N 34°58′21″E / 32.7413°N 34.9724°E |
| Length | 80 m (262 ft) |
| History | |
| Periods | Paleolithic |
| Cultures | |
Misliya Cave (Hebrew: מערת מיסליה), also known as the "Brotzen Cave" after Fritz Brotzen, who first described it in 1927, is a collapsed cave at Mount Carmel, Israel, containing archaeological layers from the Lower Paleolithic and Middle Paleolithic periods. The site is significant in paleoanthropology for the discovery of the second-oldest (after Apidima Cave in Greece) known remains attributed to Homo sapiens outside Africa, dated to 185,000 years ago.