700,000-Year-Old Human Remains Found in Cave in Iran
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Nisha Zahid
June 11, 2025
Alamut Castle, located in Iran’s Qazvin Province, stands near Qaleh Kurd Cave—the site where 700,000-year-old human remains were recently discovered. Credit: Ninara / CC BY 2.0
Archaeologists have discovered human remains in a cave in northern Iran that may date back as far as 700,000 years, making them the oldest evidence of human habitation ever recorded on the Iranian plateau.
The remains were found in the Cave of Qaleh Kurd, near the city of Avaj in Qazvin Province. Iranian archaeologist Hamid Vahdatinasab and French archaeologist Dr. Gilles Bréon led the excavation. The discovery adds to growing evidence of early human activity in the region.
Deeper layers point to early habitation
According to Vahdatinasab, initial dating results indicate that the cave’s upper layers are approximately 455,000 years old. The remains were uncovered in lower layers, about one and a half meters beneath that level.
“In the worst-case scenario, the age of these lower layers is estimated to be between 600,000 and 700,000 years,” he said.
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If confirmed, these remains would represent the earliest known human presence in Iran and one of the oldest in western Asia. Earlier dating already placed the site at over 452,000 years old.
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