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Did a quick look over and did not see when and by whom it was discoveredSeptagram (talk) 05:40, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
Grammar weak
editThe grammar in this article is weak. It looks like it has been translated from another language, perhaps a slavic one. At points it makes it difficult to understand.--Senor Freebie (talk) 09:13, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
This is a bad joke
editThere are no dates for the find, very little detail of the finder other than the name of one person. If there are no improvements within a reasonable time I'm going to nominate it for deletion. UrbanTerrorist (talk) 20:21, 2 March 2013 (UTC)
Not an article for deletion after all
editI have improved the English; grammar is not a sound reason to delete an article rather than edit it. The two references are worth glancing at.--Wetman (talk) 15:26, 29 May 2014 (UTC)
It's a translation of our article on another Wikipedia
editAs part of its creation the template in the upper right-hand side above was added explaining that it is a translation from the Italian language Wikipedia. There can be no question about its notability but the article does need improvement. Dougweller (talk) 17:01, 29 May 2014 (UTC)
2016 Revision
editHello. I have rewritten this article (mostly) based on what already existed. It was basically a mess (almost entirely run on sentences and bad grammar) It's still not perfect but it is legible now and if nothing else a good foundation for future edits.Michael lone2004 (talk) 01:47, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
Removed uncited/OR
editHi, I was reading "Kindred" by Sykes (2020, Bloomsbury), and she mentions Lamalunga so I searched in WP and found this page. However, the part I removed (about how the body "obviously" came to be in the cave) had no citation and does not match what Sykes writes (her books is really excellent, up to date, and she contextualizes so much so well). On page 290, first full para, she writes: "How did this Neanderthal end up there? The scattering of bones shows that the body simply fell apart as it decayed, but the original posture isn't clear, nor whether the individual even died there. Lamalunga wasn't ever lived in: there's no archaeology at all. Getting lost doesn't seem likely, as the body is only 50m (55yd) from the old cave entrance. If that had already been blocked off, the only way in would have been falling down chimneys open to the surface, but unlike Regourdou, Lamalunga Cave doesn't seem to have been a natural pit trap for animals. Something unusual happened, but all we know for sure is that the corpse decomposed slowly in the dark, bones shifting and clattering to the floor, before growing an eerie new skin of knobbled flowstone." — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wmjames (talk • contribs) 21:05, 11 December 2020 (UTC)