| In my view, modern humans evolved in situ from Neanderthals in Europe, as they did from robust forms elsewhere. |
| The datings provided by both laboratories have enabled them to confirm that the Neanderthals from the Asturian cave lived some 49,000 years ago. |
| But what if it didn't happen that way and the Neanderthals were the ones left around? |
| For too long we have regarded the extinction of Neanderthals as a chance historical accident. |
| They say that the site was probably a series of ponds used as a watering place by both Neanderthals and animals. |
| The demise of Neanderthals may, instead, have resembled that of mammoths in North America. |
