Croatia.
It is believed that they were capable of speaking.
Neandertal
The Neander Valley, Germany.
130,000 years ago.
Neanderthals were sometimes referred to as "cave men" due to their association with living in caves.
There were never any actual "cavemen", its believed our ancestors were nomads until neandertal and sapiens. The first neandertal found in modern day was in a cave, but they lived in structures like houses and huts rather than caves.
They hunted large animals, like horse, bison, mammoth, deer, aurochs (extinct wild cattle), etc.
John K. Cardinal has written: 'A taxonomic reappraisal of Neandertal man' -- subject(s): Neanderthals
The species is named after Neanderthal "Neander valley" in Germany and pronounced in the German fashion. In modern German, the place is spelt Neandertal.
Homo sapiens and Homo neandertal both lived during the latter part of the Paleolithic era.
The term "Neanderthal" comes from the Neander Valley in Germany where the first Neanderthal fossils were found in 1856. The fossil's scientific name is Homo neanderthalensis.