‘Neanderthal Pompeii’: dig places humans in Europe earlier than thought

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Researchers find Homo sapiens moved into Madrin cave in France one year after Neanderthals abandoned it

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/feb/09/neanderthal-pompeii-dig-places-humans-in-europe-earlier-than-thought

The fossil of a child's tooth is the earliest known evidence of modern humans in western Europe. Researchers say the area also documents the first clear alternating occupation of a site by Neanderthals and early modern humans.
The fossil of a child’s tooth is the earliest known evidence of modern humans in western Europe. Researchers say the area also documents the first clear alternating occupation of a site by Neanderthals and early modern humans.Photograph: The Natural History Museum/PA

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Wed 9 Feb 2022 16.09 EST

Homo sapiens ventured into Neanderthal territory inEuropemuch earlier than previously thought, according to a new archaeological study.

Up to now, archaeological discoveries had indicated that Neanderthals disappeared from the European continent about 40,000 years ago, shortly after the arrival of their “cousin” Homo sapiens, barely 5,000 years earlier and there was no evidence of an encounter between these two groups.

The new discovery, by a team of archaeologists and paleoanthropologists led by Ludovic Slimak of Toulouse University, pushes back the arrival of Homo…

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