The research undertaken at the Boker Tachtit site in Ein Avdat National Park in Israel’s Negev desert has now provided the first proof of the two cultures’ coexistence there and pinpoints—for the first time ever—the exact time when modern humans left Africa.
The clashing of humans with their “cousins,” the Neanderthals, caused the latter to disappear as a group but at the same time assimilate into the entirety of the modern human population outside Africa.
Boaretto and Barzilay conclude “This goes to show that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens in the Negev coexisted and most likely interacted with one another, resulting in not only genetic interbreeding, as is postulated by the ‘recent African origin’ theory, but also in cultural exchange.”
https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/17/humans-neanderthals-lived-together-50000-years-ago/
Israel Antiquities findings:
https://greekreporter.com/2021/06/10/enormous-roman-era-basilica-with-nike-tyche-statues-unearthed-in-israel/
The research undertaken at the Boker Tachtit site in Ein Avdat National Park in Israel’s Negev desert has now provided the first proof of the two cultures’ coexistence there and pinpoints—for the first time ever—the exact time when modern humans left Africa.
The clashing of humans with their “cousins,” the Neanderthals, caused the latter to disappear as a group but at the same time assimilate into the entirety of the modern human population outside Africa.
Boaretto and Barzilay conclude “This goes to show that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens in the Negev coexisted and most likely interacted with one another, resulting in not only genetic interbreeding, as is postulated by the ‘recent African origin’ theory, but also in cultural exchange.”