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Scientists re-dated a range of fossils from palaeolithic site Spy cave in Belgium They found fossils had been contaminated and so the original dates were wrong New dates place them up to 5,000 years older than the suspected 37,000 years This allowed the team to confirm that the Neanderthals disappeared from northwest Europe somewhere between 44,200 and 40,600 years ago
Neanderthal remains thought to be 37,000 years old are much older Ryan Morrison For Mailonline © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo Neanderthal remains discovered in a cave in Belgium thought to be 37,000 years old are actually thousands of years older than previous studies suggested, study shows. University of Oxford archaeologists re-dated a number of Neanderthal specimens from Spy Cave in Belgium, a renowned site for palaeolithic discoveries and found contamination skewed earlier dating efforts. The team say some bones previously dated at about 37,000 years old from ...
Neanderthals disappeared from Europe thousands of years earlier than we thought elisfkc2 / Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0 Neanderthal remains believed to belong to some of the last survivors of the species in Europe are thousands of years older than once thought, according to a new study. Exactly when Neanderthals, our closest ancestors, disappeared in Europe is hotly debated. They are thought to have gone extinct around 40,000 years ago — not long after modern humans migrated out of Africa. But previous studies of remains found in Belgium’s Spy Cave had placed specimens as recent as around 37,0...