Bisitun Cave

Bisitun Cave (also called "Hunter's cave", Bisotun [Farsi], Bisetoun [Kurdish], Bisitoun, or Behistoun) is an archaeological site of prehistoric human habitation in the Zagros Mountains in the Kermanshah province, north-west Iran.

It has not been possible to discern a geological age of the Middle Paleolithic levels at Bisitun Cave.

However, the relative abundance of Cervus in the deposits suggests a nearby woodland, and such vegetation is indicative of a warmer later Pleistocene phase.

[1] Coon described two hominid remains from the site, a maxilliary upper incisor and a radius shaft fragment, both from a layer designated F+.

[1] The radius fragment was found to show Neanderthal affinities, as it is mediolaterally expanded at the interosseus crest.