Earlier dates for Neandertal extinction cause a fuss
Revised age suggests the hominids disappeared 40,000 years ago in Europe

EARLY DEPARTURE European Neandertals, including one represented by this lower jaw excavated in southern Spain, survived no later than about 40,000 years ago, new radiocarbon dates suggest.
T. Higham
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