Homo sapiens may have reached Europe 10,000 years earlier than previously thought
Migrations to the continent started long before Neandertals died out, new finds suggest
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Evidence of the earliest known Homo sapiens in Europe, including this sharp-edged stone point, comes from a French rock-shelter and dates to as early as 56,800 years ago, researchers say.
L. Slimak