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Toca da Tira Peia

Toca da Tira Peia is a rock shelter site, located in the municipality Coronel José Dias, Piauí state, near the Serra da Capivara National Park, Brazil, thought to hold evidence of prehistoric human presence in South America dating to 22,000 years ago.

Cave data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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