#Paléontologie : L'analyse de restes fragmentaires d'un homme de #Néanderthal à l'entrée de la #GrotteMandrin font apparaître un lien génétique et temporel avec une population établie à #Gilbraltar il y a 50.000 ans.
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DNA of 'Thorin,' one of the last Neanderthals, finally sequenced, revealing inbreeding and 50,000 years of genetic isolation Thorin — nicknamed after a dwarf in J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit" — is also called the "last Neanderthal" because he may have lived as recently as 42,000 years ago.

Been long surmised that #Neanderthals in the #RhôneValley were distinct - #DNA 🏺🧬 study now confirms that one discovered at #GrotteMandrin rock shelter 🇫🇷 in 2015 came from a lineage that was isolated for 50,000 years:

www.livescience.com/archaeology/... by @killgrove.bsky.social via livescience.com

Do these findings from #GrotteMandrin in #France represent the earliest yet known #ProjectilePoints in Eurasia, pushing back #bow-and-#arrow 🏹 technology in Europe back to 54,000 years ago?

L. Metz et al., @ScienceAdvances 9(8), 2023....