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Neanderthals made epic trek from Europe to Siberia 60,000 years ago

Stone tools found in a Siberian cave hint at a rugged intercontinental journey.
Micoquian stone tool (9.5 cm long) used as a meat knife by Neanderthals at Chagyrskaya Cave.

This meat-cutting knife was found with Neanderthal fossils in the Altai Mountain foothills in Russia. Credit: IAET

A rich trove of fossils and stone tools in a Siberian cave suggests Neanderthals made an extraordinary 3,000-kilometre trek from Europe to colonize central Asia about 60,000 years ago.

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Nature 578, 11 (2020)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-00183-5

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