Article: Neanderthals might have been more mobile than once believed

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Washington, Feb. 12 -- The analysis of a 40,000-year-old tooth found in southern Greece by a Max Planck Institute team has suggested that Neanderthals were more mobile than once believed.

The tooth was found in a seaside excavation in Greece's southern Peloponnese region in 2002.

According to a report in Discovery News, analysis of the tooth - part of the first and only Neanderthal remains found in Greece - has shown that the ancient human had spent at least part of its life away from the area where it died.

"Some experts believe Neanderthals roamed over very limited areas, but others say they must have been more mobile, ...

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