Oldest evidence of modern humans found in Bulgarian cave

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Oldest evidence of modern humans found in Bulgarian cave

Human bones from a Bulgarian cave suggest our species arrived in Europe thousands of years earlier than previously thought, sharing the continent much longer with Neanderthals.

Scientists found four bone fragments and a tooth that detailed radiocarbon and DNA tests show are from four Homo sapiens, the oldest of which is dated to about 46,000 years ago, according to two studies published Monday in the journals Natureand Nature Ecology & Evolution.

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The stone artifacts from the Initial Upper Paleolithic discovered in the Bacho Kiro Cave in Bulgaria.AP
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