Intercommunality Périgourdine Area 16.23 km² | Canton Périgueux-Ouest Time zone CET (UTC+1) Population 3,865 (1999) | |
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Chancelade is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
Map of 24650 Chancelade, France
Chancelade is known for a prehistoric fossil discovery: the so-called Chancelade skeleton was found in the shelter of Raymonden in 1888. The way it was lying suggested a ritual burial. In 1889, Leo Testut announced that the skeleton was of a new race, which he called the "Chancelade race", the ancestor of the Eskimo. This hypothesis is now rejected, and the Chancelade race is considered to be a Cro-Magnon specimen.
The approximately 60-year-old Chancelade man stands 155 cm tall, with a very large brain size of around 1710cc.
The village is the site of Chancelade Abbey.
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