Modern humans and Neanderthals co-existed in Europe 10 times longer than previously thought, a study suggests.
The most comprehensive dating of Neanderthal bones and tools
ever carried out suggests that the two species lived side-by-side for up
to 5,000 years.The new evidence suggests that the two groups may even have exchanged ideas and culture, say the researchers.
The study has been published in the journal Nature.
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Prof Thomas Higham University of OxfordWe can set aside the idea of a rapid extinction of Neanderthals caused solely by the arrival of modern humans”
Until now, Neanderthal remains have been dated by a number of laboratories but many have been considered unreliable.- READ MORE
Actually the most recent Neanderthal remains in Europe are postglacial. The experts don't like to mention those.There are a couple of records of that happening and it gets written off as an error in the radiocarbon dating or something. Off the top of my head I can think of a case in Spain and one in Germany.Dale Drinnon
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