Last Neanderthals Found Near the Arctic Circle?

ArtilleryShell4 · May 14, 2011

May 13 2011

Found this interesting. It bassically means that the oldest surviving neanderthals where near the artic circle.

Remains found near the Arctic Circle characteristic of Mousterian culture(1) have recently been dated at over 28,500 years old, which is more than 8,000 years after Neanderthals are thought to have disappeared. This unexpected discovery by an international multi-disciplinary team, including researchers from CNRS(2), challenges previous theories. Could Neanderthals have lived longer than thought? Or had Homo sapiens already migrated to Europe at that stage?
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The results intrigue scientists in more ways than one. They show that Mousterian culture may have lasted longer than scientists had originally thought. What's more, no Mousterian presence had ever been identified so close to the Arctic Circle. All other traces are at least 1000 km further south. Lastly, the Byzovaya site, in Eurasia, seems only to have been occupied once, approximately 28,500 years ago, which is over 8,000 years after Neanderthals were thought to have disappeared
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So this discovery raises many questions, not least about how Mousterian society was organised. Did Neanderthal Man live longer than thought? Or could these last bearers of Mousterian culture in fact have been Homo sapiens? If so, the theories explaining that Neanderthals died out because their culture was archaic would be put into question. The studies open up new perspectives on this turning point in human history.
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lazytoker · May 14, 2011

Then they had sex with cro-magnons.... and we popped out.

Mr. Mojorising · May 14, 2011

Can you post the source? I would like to read the whole article.
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ArtilleryShell4 · May 14, 2011

Mr. Mojorising said:

Can you post the source? I would like to read the whole article.
Thanks

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No problemooo
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