Revisiting the Waves of Human Migration into Europe: New Discoveries and Mysteries Unfold.
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A new model of Homo sapiens' movement into Europe proposes two periods of coexistence with Neanderthals, before a subsequent replacement associated with technological development. The author concludes modern humans arrived in three waves, only displacing the Neanderthals with the third. The study is likely to spark furious debate among anthropologists.
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- Stone tools reflect three waves of migration of the earliest Homo sapiens into Europe Phys.org
- 54000 Years Ago, Humans and Neanderthals May Have Inhabited Europe Together Smithsonian Magazine
- Enigmatic human fossil jawbone may be evidence of an early *Homo sapiens* presence in Europe – and adds mystery about who those humans were The Conversation Indonesia
- Enigmatic human fossil jawbone may be evidence of an early Homo sapiens presence in Europe – and adds mystery about who those humans were Raw Story
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