[News] The Last Neandertals? Late Neandertals And Modern Human Contact In Southeastern Iberi

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The Last Neandertals? Late Neandertals And Modern Human Contact In Southeastern Iberia

ScienceDaily (Dec. 11, 2008) — It is widely accepted that Upper Paleolithic early modern humans spread westward across Europe about 42,000 years ago, variably displacing and absorbing Neandertal populations in the process. However, Middle Paleolithic assemblages persisted for another 8,000 years in Iberia, presumably made by Neandertals. It has been unclear whether these late Middle Paleolithic Iberian assemblages were made by Neandertals, and what the nature of those humans might have been.

 

The Last Neandertals? Late Neandertals And Modern Human Contact In Southeastern Iberia