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Kebara Cave (, ) is a limestone cave locality in Wadi Kebara, Israel, situated at above sea level on the western escarpment of the Mount Carmel, in the Ramat HaNadiv preserve of Zichron Yaakov.
Dorothy Garrod and Francis Turville-Petre excavated in the cave in the early 1930s. Excavations have since yielded a large number of human remains associated with a Mousterian archaeological context. The first specimen discovered in 1965, during the excavations of M. Stekelis, was an incomplete infant skeleton (Kebara 1). New human remains from Kebara Cave (Mount Carmel
The most significant discovery made at Kebara Cave was Kebara 2 in 1982, the most complete postcranial Neanderthal skeleton found to date. Nicknamed "Moshe" and dating to circa 60,000 Before Present, the skeleton preserved a large part of one individual's torso (vertebral column, and pelvis). The Human skull and most of the lower limbs were missing. The hyoid bone was also preserved, and was the first Neanderthal hyoid bone found, which was determined to be very similar in structure to modern humans', thus leading to speculation around the Neanderthal's ability to vocalize.Steven Mithen(2006). The Singing Neanderthals: The origins of music, language, mind, and body. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.
The Kebaran culture is named after the site.
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