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Neanderthals disappeared from Europe 1000’s of years sooner than we thought – The Shepherd of the Hills Gazette
Exactly when Neanderthals, our closest ancestors, disappeared in Europe is hotly debated. They are thought to have gone extinct around 40,000 years ago —
Exactly when Neanderthals, our closest ancestors, disappearedin Europe is hotly debated. They are thought to have gone extinct around 40,000 years ago — not long after modern humans migrated out of Africa.But experts from Belgium, England and Germany suspected that the age of previously analyzed specimens could be unreliable due to contamination.Using a process known as liquid chromatography separation, experts extracted a single amino acid from the Neanderthal remains. They used this to date and…
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