Neanderthal's Extinction May Be Caused By an Entirely Different Reason [View all]

By Rain Jordan Feb 10, 2022 09:28 AM EST

The concept that modern people killed off Neanderthals as soon as they arrived from Africa is challenged by discoveries.

Homo sapiens existed in western Europe some 54,000 years ago, according to the discovery of a child's teeth and stone tools in a cave in southern France.

In other words, the two species might have coexisted for thousands of years before previously assumed, showing that they could have coexisted for a long time.

The study was published in the Science Advances journal.

Groundbreaking Study

A team led by Prof Ludovic Slimak of the University of Toulouse uncovered the artifacts in a cave known as Grotte Mandrin in the Rhone Valley. When he realized evidence of an early modern human habitation, he was taken aback.

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