Last of the Neanderthals

Well if you're going to have a last stand I suppose Gibraltar makes for a very dramatic setting. It seems that some Neanderthal-like tools were discovered there and they date a mere 28,000 years ago. Which opens the possibility that homo sapiens spent thousands of years alongside their cousins! It's gettin' hard out there for a hominid!

Researchers Offer a New Date for Neanderthals’ Last Stand
By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD | New York Times

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