in Europe between 56,800 and 51,700 years ago. The discovery indicates that the movement of modern humans into Europe and the overlap with Neanderthals is more complex than previously thought., emerged in Africa over 300,000 years ago, and anatomically modern humans by at least 195,000 years ago.
In Europe, however, their appearance seems to have occurred much later, perhaps because of ecological barriers and/or the occupation of the region by Neanderthals.settlement in Europe is constrained to around 45,000-43,000 years ago based on five isolated dental remains from three Italian sites and one site in Bulgaria.in the heart of Neanderthal territories. Image credit: Ludovic Slimak.
“We’ve often thought that the arrival of modern humans in Europe led to the pretty rapid demise of Neanderthals, but this new evidence suggests that both the appearance of modern humans in Europe and disappearance of Neanderthals is much more complex than that.” However, in Grotte Mandrin, the presence of the modern human molar in the Neronian layer led the researchers to directly link this stone tool industry withNeronian points from the Layer E of Grotte Mandrin, France: micro- and nanopoints , pointed micropoint , and points . Image credit: Slimak“In Grotte Mandrin, you’ve got a really nice sequence dated between about 60,000-40,000 years ago,” Professor Stringer said.