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Thursday, 7 February 2013

Neanderthal extinction earlier than thought

Neanderthals may have become extinct in Europe some ten thousand years earlier than scientists currently think, a new radiocarbon dating study suggests.


Posted by Dr CLÉiRIGh at 12:19
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