Neanderthals nearly disappeared 75,000 years ago, but one small group in France repopulated Europe
- For a long time, the last Neanderthals in Europe were pictured as a genetically diverse bunch, scattered across the continent right up until they disappeared.
- New DNA evidence tells a very different story.
- Researchers have found that Neanderthals actually went through a severe population crash around 75,000 years ago, one so extreme that only a single surviving group in what is now southwestern France seems to have repopulated the rest of Europe afterwards.
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- For a long time, the last Neanderthals in Europe were pictured as a genetically diverse bunch, scattered across the continent right up until they disappeared.
- New DNA evidence tells a very different story.
- Researchers have found that Neanderthals actually went through a severe population crash around 75,000 years ago, one so extreme that only a single surviving group in what is now southwestern France seems to have repopulated the rest of Europe afterwards.
Sources: Times of India