Some Non-Biblical, Non-Flood, Archaeology....
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 3:01 pm
for a change.
http://apnews.excite.com/article/200609 ... 6CA09.html
http://apnews.excite.com/article/200609 ... 6CA09.html
NEW YORK (AP) - Neanderthals survived for thousands of years longer than scientists thought, with small lingering bands finding refuge in a massive cave near the southern tip of Spain, new research suggests.
The work contends that Neanderthals were using a cave in Gibraltar at least 2,000 years later than their presence had been firmly documented anywhere before, researchers said.
"Maybe these are the last ones," said Clive Finlayson of The Gibraltar Museum, who reported the findings Wednesday with colleagues on the Web site of the journal Nature.
The paper says charcoal samples from fires that Neanderthals set in the cave are about 28,000 years old and maybe just 24,000 years old.