Re: Most recent Neanderthals

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Timo Niroma wrote:
>
> In article <DvwBIz.CI2@ridgecrest.ca.us>, Bob Keeter
> <b_keeter@owens.ridgecrest.ca.is> says:
> >
> >jimf@vangelis.co.symbios.com (Jim Foley) wrote:
> >>
> >>I thought I had read about some Neandertal fossils from Croatia which
> >>had recently been dated at around 30,000 years or even less, but I
> can't
> >>find any references to it now. Does anyone know which fossils I might
> >>be thinking of, or have any references?
> >>
> >
> >Was this Croatia, or Spain? I had heard of some very recent <35k yrs
> old
> >Neanderthal remains, but I thought that they were located near Gibraltar
> in
> >Spain.
> >
> >Regards
> >bk
> >
> >
> Near Gibraltar, yes.
>
> Age 33k years.
>
> Timo
>
> Supposed Neanderthal remains have been found recently in both Spain and
Croatia. As you are interested in the latter: they are around 33k years,
from a site near Zagreb. For details, try page 92 of The Artefact,
Volume 18, 1995.

Robert Bednarik

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