Neanderthals and Humans Coexisted For So Much Longer Than We Thought
Ilsenhöhle, a cave in Germany, has provided evidence of coexistence between anatomically modern humans and Neanderthals in Northwestern Europe around 45,000 years ago.
The findings challenge previous knowledge about the timeline of human migration and suggest that Homo sapiens reached Northwestern Europe before the Neanderthals went extinct. [ more ]