Scientists’ discovery rewrites history of early humans in Europe
Modern humans ventured into northern Europe under extremely cold climate conditions and were living side by side with Neanderthals more than 45,000 years ago, according to new evidence.
Average temperatures around that time would have been somewhere between 7 to 15 degrees Celsius below modern day temperatures – similar to that found in today’s Siberia or northern Scandinavia, scientists say.
They also add that would have lived in the same region as Neanderthals for several thousand years before the latter went extinct.
