Arago , site of paleoanthropological excavations near the town of Tautavel in France Pyrenees, where from 1964 to 1974 more than 50 copies of archaic Homo was dated between 300,000 and 200,000 years ago.
The Human remains include two robust and well-preserved jaws, which vary widely in size, probably because males were larger than females. The discovery in 1971 of a full-face partial skull is one of the best-known European fossil hominins (members of the human lineage). The face projects forward and has severe frowning, a sloping forehead, and a braincase slightly smaller than that of the average modern human. The species to which this individual belongs is disputed because their morphology between Homo erectus and newer Homo types like the Neanderthal ( H. neanderthalensis ) and modern man ( Homo sapiens) ). It is most commonly classified as H. heidelbergensis .
There are also on the premises Stone Age tools, the oldest of which are the Tayacian Industry . This Devices are made up of pebble choppers, small scrapers, spikes, and denticulates (flakes or blades that have been retouched to create a ragged edge generate), which the more advanced technology of the prepared core of the mousterian industry is missing . It were also for the acheul Traditional typical Hand Axes found.