Modern Humans and Neanderthals May Have Cohabitated For 2,900 Years

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Modern Humans and Neanderthals May Have Cohabitated For 2,900 Years
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A study states that the two species lived together in a single region of France and Spain.

, but determining the species' terrestrial and temporal ranges make the extent of their interactions one of biggest mysteries within the field of archaeology."Little is known about the nature, timing, and specific geographic areas of interaction between Neanderthals and," the authors write in the study. "Evidence for their contemporaneity at any regional scale remains highly elusive.

"Taken together, these observations strengthen the proposition that the initial Upper Palaeolithic in this region likely involved a period of co-existence between Neanderthals and," the study authors write in the study. "The precise nature of this co-existence, however, remains to be resolved."To arrive at their findings, the researchers assessed more than 60 tools and personal ornaments from nearly 20 sites across France and Spain.

With such substantial overlap, it's difficult to imagine that the two species didn't run into one another. Still, only additional research can reveal the true frequency and nature of any such interactions.

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