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Modern Humans and Neanderthals Coexisted in Northern Europe 45,000 Years Ago

Homo sapiens and Neanderthals' Shared Tale

Feb 01, 2024
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Revealing Our Ancestral Overlap

Genetic analysis of bone fragments from a German site challenges the narrative of Homo sapiens' late arrival in Northern Europe. There papers in Nature Ecology and Evolution1 2 3summarize findings at the Ranis site and showcase a Stone Age culture that predates previous estimates, shedding light on the coexistence of modern …

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