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Article: LAST NEANDERTHALS MAY HAVE MIXED WITH MODERN HUMANS IN SOUTHEASTERN IBERIA
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- The Hindustan Times
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- December 10, 2008
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Washington, Dec. 10 -- (ANI): A new research has suggested that the last Neanderthals may have intermingled with modern humans in southeastern Iberia in Europe.
The research is based on a study of human fossils found during the past decade at the Sima de la Palomas, Murcia, Spain, by Michael Walker, professor at Universidad de Murcia, and colleagues.
It is widely accepted that Upper Paleolithic early modern humans spread westward across Europe about 42,000 years ago, variably displacing and absorbing Neanderthal populations in the process.
However, Middle Paleolithic assemblages persisted for another 8,000 years in ...