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Nature 395, 539-540 (8 October 1998) | doi:10.1038/26842

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The fate of the Neanderthals

Paul Mellars1

Between about 30,000 and 40,000 years ago, the Neanderthals in Europe were replaced by populations of behaviourally and biologically modern humans. What happened during that period?

  1. Paul Mellars is in the Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3DZ, UK.