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[[File:Ősembertelep Vértesszőlős 01.jpg|thumb|Sign at the archeological site denoting the finding of the occipital.|252x252px]]The town of Vértesszőlős is located in the northern section of the [[Pannonian Plain|Pannonian Plains]] of the [[Gerecse Mountains]] foothills. The fossil itself was exhumed from the [[Által-ér]], a river that stretches 51 km and comprisesconsists of 4-5 travertine terraces made of calcite. The fossils found by the river are very well preserved. Human occupation at the site exists in two settlements aged 400-200 ka (during the [[Mindel glaciation]]; the second [[ice age]]). During this time, the climate was milder and warmer, and in January temperatures probably did on, on average, extend under 37.4°F (3°C). Human fossils and culture can be found in several layers of sediment, such as cut animal bones and even a human footprint.<ref name=":0" /> The hominins lived in an area that was mid-mountainous at the western foot of a mountain with open calcareous tuff or freshwater limestone pools<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Dobosi |first=Viola T. |date=2011 |title=Obsidian use in the Palaeolithic in Hungary and adjoining areas |url=https://www.meiji.ac.jp/cols/english/research/6t5h7p00000de6rx-att/06.pdf |journal=Natural Resource Environment and Humans |volume=1 |pages=83–95}}</ref> on the verge of what once was a [[thermal lake]], which is consistent with other Neanderthal populations{{ref|a|a}}. The site was once a dense [[Temperate forest|temperate]] seasonal forest. Rhinoceros like ''[[Stephanorhinus etruscus]]'' were also contemporaries with aurochs, bison, deer, wolves, and roe.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":4" />