article_snippet: The remains from a two-year-old child, which are known as La Ferrassie 8, were discovered at La Ferrassie in the Dordogne, south western France, between 1970 and 1973.
article_snippet: Excavations at the rock shelter in south west
article_snippet: A total of eight individuals at all stages of life were purposefully buried at the site, including children and two foetuses.
article_snippet: The site yielded seven Neanderthal skeletons ranging from foetuses to almost complete skeletons of adults, thought to be between 70,000 and 50,000 years old.
article_snippet: The La Ferrassie site (marked on the map) yielded seven Neanderthal skeletons ranging from foetuses to almost complete skeletons of adults .
highlights_snippet: Skeleton was among seven found in La Ferrassie, France, in the 1970s .
  