coexistence

Human bone fragment from the new excavations at Ranis. Credit: Tim Schüler, TLDAA genetic study of a German archaeological site reveals that modern humans lived in Northern Europe 45,000 years ago, overlapping with Neanderthals, and altering our understanding of early human history in the region.A genetic analysis of bone fragments unearthed at an archaeological site in central Germany shows conclusively that modern humans — Homo sapiens — had already reached Northern Europe 45,000 years ago, overlapping with Neanderthals…

The potential of ChatGPT and its cousins is pushing India’s leading business and tech schools to draw up plans to deal with the disruption.While some institutes are jittery about students using artificial intelligence-driven language programs to put together assignments and projects, most look at it as the next innovation frontier that is impossible to ignore, top officials told ET. Institutes are also looking to train teachers to stay ahead of the curve.The use of artificial intelligence in academic settings is…

As the Nazi party rose to power in 1930s Germany, anthropologists in both England and the United States struggled to respond to Hitler's theories of pure races, Aryan-Nordic ascendancy, and the threat of racial mixing. Though most anthropologists saw the ideology as "nonsense," there was little consensus in the field on the definition of race and many scholars did not voice their opposition, hoping to keep science and politics separate. …

According to a modeling study, modern humans may have co-existed with Neanderthals in France and northern Spain for between 1,400 and 2,900 years before Neanderthals disappeared.For between 1,400 and 2,900 years before Neanderthals disappeared, modern humans may have co-existed with Neanderthals in France and northern Spain. This is according to a new modeling study that was published on October 13 in Scientific Reports. These findings increase our understanding of the existence of the two species of humans in this…

Distinctive stone knives thought to have been produced by the last Neanderthals in France and northern Spain. This specific and standardized technology is unknown in the preceding Neanderthal record, and may indicate a diffusion of technological behaviors between Homo sapiens and Neanderthals immediately prior to their disappearance from the region. Credit: Igor Djakovic Modern humans may have co-existed with Neanderthals in…