Neanderthals in Europe Killed Off Earlier

Neanderthals in Europe Killed Off by Advance of Modern Humans Earlier Than Believed, Study Says Neanderthals in Europe were killed off by the advance of modern humans thousands of years earlier than previously believed, losing a competition for food and shelter, according to a scientific study published Wednesday. The research uses advances in radiocarbon dating to revise understanding of early humans, suggesting they colonized Europe more rapidly and coexisted for a much shorter period with genetic ancestors. Paul Mellars, professor of prehistory and human evolution at the University of Cambridge and author of the study, said Neanderthals the species of the Homo genus that lived in Europe and western Asia from around 230,000 years ago to around 29,000 years ago succumbed much more readily to competition. Dr. Mellars also concluded from his many years of research that some of Neanderthals did survive and migrated to North American and are known today as Republicans.