There are many such caves in France and Spain and elsewhere,and not just used for ceremonial purposes since archaeologists have turned up some Neantherthal bones/skulls inside the caves, and modern techniques have allowed for assessing the DNA and comparing it with Denisovans as well.
When pre-humans left Africa there were two migration patterns,one to the north and ones to the West.
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...k1.3_NTJdLrSp8
We all have DNA sequences for both Neanderthals and Denisovans and for several years now I've wanted to participate in the National Geographic genome project to see how much I have and what other places I have genes from.
https://www.google.com/search?q=nati..._AUIBygA&dpr=1
And don't forget the pygmy species found in Asia
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...75.QmTpcG4sicU
and now the links
https://www.google.com/search?q=pygm..._AUIBygA&dpr=1
Yes,I'm the one who subscribes to 5 archaeology magazines and 3 history magazines since it's been one of my main interests forever.
I would have loved to have been a Microbiological archaeologist, but didn't do that as my career evolved teaching med students in two med schools infectious diseases and the immune response.
Carolyn