Scientists have discovered a species of human ancestors called 'homo bodoensis' that lived around half a million years ago. The study was conducted by an international team of researchers from the University of Winnipeg and the University of Belgrade.

Homo bodoensis: It's official, we have a new ancestor

Scientists have discovered Neanderthals were painting stalagmites in Europe at a time when modern humans did not inhabit the continent. The discovery is shocking because neanderthals have been perceived as unsophisticated and brutish but painting caves more than 60,000 years ago is an incredible feat for them to achieve.

Scientists discover Neanderthals were painting caves in Europe long before modern humans

New fossils discovered in a cave in Belgium reveal that the Neanderthals’ last survivors perished in Europe thousands of years before the earlier estimate. The new study, which appeared in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, undertaken by a collaborative team from Belgium, Britain, and Germany sheds light on when our close relative disappeared from the planet. Earlier readings of remains from “Spy Cave” put Neanderthals’ existence at roughly 24,000 years ago, but the new findings push the date to between 44,200-40,600 years.

 Neanderthals disappeared earlier than previously thought

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Homo bodoensis: It's official, we have a new ancestor

Scientists discover Neanderthals were painting caves in Europe long before modern humans

Neanderthals disappeared earlier than previously thought