The Last Neandertals? Late Neandertals And Modern Human Contact In Southeastern Iberia
Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 20:14
in Paleontology & Archaeology
It is widely accepted that early modern humans spread westward across Europe about 42,000 years ago, displacing and absorbing Neandertal populations in the process. But how long did they survive? New research, is shedding light on what were probably the last Neandertals.
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