"Early Human Presence in Northern Europe: Insights from 45,000-Year-Old Bones"

Human remains associated with the LRJ technocomplex at the site Ilsenhöhle in Ranis, Germany, have been identified as some of the earliest directly dated Upper Palaeolithic Homo sapiens remains in Eurasia, dating back to 47,500–45,770 years ago. This discovery suggests that Homo sapiens reached the higher latitudes of Europe long before the extinction of late Neanderthals in southwestern Europe, strengthening the understanding of a patchwork of distinct human populations and technocomplexes present in Europe during the transitional period from the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic.