‘Neanderthal Pompeii’: dig places humans in Europe earlier than thought

The fossil of a child's tooth is the earliest known evidence of modern humans in western Europe. Researchers say the area also documents the first clear alternating occupation of a site by Neanderthals and early modern humans. Photograph: The Natural History Museum/PA

The fossil of a child's tooth is the earliest known evidence of modern humans in western Europe. Researchers say the area also documents the first clear alternating occupation of a site by Neanderthals and early modern humans. Photograph: The Natural History Museum/PA

source https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/feb/09/neanderthal-pompeii-dig-places-humans-in-europe-earlier-than-thought