| He claimed it was found in a peat bog and was a vital missing link between modern humans and Neanderthals. |
| Modern humans probably exterminated the world's other archaic humans, the Neanderthals in Europe. |
| They say that the site was probably a series of ponds used as a watering place by both Neanderthals and animals. |
| It was these anatomically modern humans which joined or supplanted the Neanderthals in Europe some 40,000 years ago. |
| This enabled them to track the movements of both Neanderthals and early humans. |
| The datings provided by both laboratories have enabled them to confirm that the Neanderthals from the Asturian cave lived some 49,000 years ago. |
