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New research suggests modern humans lived in Europe 10,000 years earlier than previously thought, in Neanderthal territories

  • Written by Ludovic Slimak, CNRS Permanent Member, Université Toulouse – Jean Jaurès
imageThe Grotte Mandrin rock shelter saw repeated use by Neanderthals and modern humans over millennia.Ludovic Slimak, CC BY-ND

Perched about 325 feet (100 meters) up the slopes of the Prealps in southern France, a humble rock shelter looks out over the Rhône River Valley. It’s a strategic point on the landscape, as here the Rhône...

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