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Nature 389, 917-918 (30 October 1997) | doi:10.1038/40024

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Palaeontology:  Deep roots for the Neanderthals

G. Philip Rightmire1

Since their bones were first discovered in the last century, the inventory of Neanderthals from Europe has grown substantially. These people are known from caves and rock shelters of the Late Pleistocene (130,000 years ago), and their anatomy has been described in detail.

  1. G. Philip Rightmire is in the Department of Anthropology, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, New York 13902-6000, USA.
    e-mail: Email: gpright@bingvmb.cc.binghamton.edu