Neanderthal fossils are only found in Europe, Asia Minor and up to central Asia.

The discovery marked both the first Dutch Neanderthal fossil, and the oldest human fossil discovered under water.

The museum was established on 10 October 1996 near the site where the renowned Neanderthal fossil was found.

(The New York Times, founded five years before the first Neanderthal fossil was discovered, has stayed with the original spelling.)

This is the first Neanderthal fossil discovered in the Netherlands.

This was only the second Neanderthal fossil ever found.

Neanderthal fossils were discovered in 1856, but at the time it was not clear that they represented a different species from modern humans.

Two experts called it the most significant advance in the field since the first Neanderthal fossils were discovered 150 years ago.

Their findings generally matched the results of tests made in the early 1990's on Neanderthal fossils in France and Belgium.

In 2009 Roebroeks again made the international news with his work on Krijn, the first Dutch Neanderthal fossil.