The researchers took samples of this 50 cm long stalagmite in the Pozzo Cucù cave, in the Castellana Grotte area (Bari) and carried out 27 high-precision dating and 2,700 analyzes of stable carbon and oxygen isotopes. Credit: O. Lacarbonara Homo Neanderthaliensis was not extinct due to climatic changes. At least, …
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