Evidence for two separate dispersals of Neanderthals into southern Siberia
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The period of existence of Neanderthals, their geographical range, and the timing of their dispersal and extinction are key issues in the study of human evolution and migration. Most Neanderthal remains and associated artifacts have been reported from Europe and western Asia, where they range in age from about 430 000 to 40 000 years ago. Further east, the unequivocal presence of Neanderthals prior to the last interglacial (which began around 130 000) until about 50 000 is based on Hominin remains and DNA analyses of skeletal remains and sediments at three caves (Okladnikov, Denisova, and Chagyrskaya) in the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia. Additional evidence is required to support suggestions that Neanderthals had reached eastern and northern China by 125 000 to 105 000 and 45 000, respectively. Two genetically distinct Neanderthal populations inhabited the Altai region sometime during the Late Pleistocene, but the geographical origin of these populations and the timing of their migrations into the region remain unclear. On current evidence, Neanderthals were present at Denisova Cave between about 200 000 and 100 000 years ago.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.It appears that the Neanderthals were around for an awful long time - amazing. After all, 2,000 years (from the alleged "time of Christ" ) is almost microscopic when compared to 400,000 years. Comparatively speaking, Christ was on the border of being contemporary to the "modern" age (if the "dark age" is ignored. Or looking at things from a different perspective - "modern" technical advancement is in an exponential sequence when compared to the overall "time" of humans and predecessors.
mkeaman
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JoeB:
All our recorded history is brief. People started writing things down about 5000 years ago, which means that, having passed the age of 50, I have lived through 1% of recorded history.
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