Study: Neanderthals Survived Thousands of Years Longer Than Scientists Thought
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin › September 14, 2006
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NEW YORK - Were these the last Neanderthals?
Small bands of them took refuge now and then in a massive cave near the southern tip of Spain. Now a study says charcoal from their fires indicates that Neanderthals were still alive at least 2,000 years later than scientists had firmly established before.See the full content of this document
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Study: Neanderthals Survived Thousands of Years Longer Than Scientists Thought
"Maybe these are the last ones," said Clive Finlayson of The Gibraltar Museum, who reported the findings Wednesday with colleagues on the Web site of the journal Nature.
The paper says the charcoal ...See the full content of this document
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