"Coexistence and Adaptation: Modern Humans and Neanderthals Rewrite History"

Genetic analysis of bone fragments from an archaeological site in Germany provides evidence that modern humans arrived in northern Europe around 45,000 years ago, coexisting with Neanderthals for millennia and interbreeding with them. Stone tools found at the site were initially attributed to Neanderthals but are now recognized as part of the early Homo sapiens toolkit. This challenges the previous belief that modern humans arrived after Neanderthals went extinct and suggests they played a role in their demise.