Humans and Neanderthals were neighbours for longer than previously thought. Also, we’re maybe back to humans making more tools.
…the discovery of more of its remnants alongside human fossils points to Homo sapiens inhabiting central Germany at the same time.
“It turns out that stone artefacts that were thought to be produced by Neanderthals were in fact part of the early Homo sapiens tool kit,” says Jean-Jacques Hublin, a professor in palaeoanthropology at Collège de France.
“This fundamentally changes our previous knowledge about this time period: Homo sapiens reached northwestern Europe long before Neanderthal disappearance in southwestern Europe.”
Humans and Neanderthals were neighbours for longer than previously thought. Also, we’re maybe back to humans making more tools.
Is there more?
Oh. “Fundamentally changes” for paleontologists, not for your typical person. Got it.