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Modern humans and Neanderthals co-existed in Europe 10 times longer than previously thought, a study suggests.
The most comprehensive dating of Neanderthal bones and tools ever carried out suggests that the two species lived side-by-side for up to 5,000 years.
The new evidence suggests that the two groups may even have exchanged ideas and culture, say the researchers.
The study has been published in the journal Nature.
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We can set aside the idea of a rapid extinction of Neanderthals caused solely by the arrival of modern humans”
Prof Thomas HighamUniversity of Oxford
Until now, Neanderthal remains have been dated by a number of laboratories but many have been considered unreliable.
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