Krapina Neanderthal Site & Museum

In August 1899 the geologist and paleontologist Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger began excavating the Hušnjakovo cave above Krapina; over six seasons he uncovered more than 800 fossil fragments — bones of 70–80 Neanderthals, thousands of stone tools, hearths and animal bones, including cut marks that made the site central to the early debate on Neanderthal cannibalism. The find made Krapina a reference site of world prehistory; the modern museum, opened in 2010 on the centenary of the excavation, presents the whole human-evolution story around it.