Neanderthals Of The Mediterranean Areas Became Extinct But Not Because Of Climate

Researchers sampled this 50-cm long stalagmite in the Pozzo Cucù cave, in the Castellana Grotte area (Bari) and they carried out 27 high-precision datings and 2,700 analyses of carbon and oxygen stable isotopes. Photo: O. Lacarbonara

Homo Neanderthaliensis did not become extinct because of changes in climate. At least, this did not happen to the several Neanderthals groups that lived in the western Mediterranean 42,000 years ago.

The researchers from the University of Bologna analyzed stalagmite samples from some caves on the Murge karst plateau in Apulia, Italy, where Neanderthals and Homo Sapiens coexisted there for at least 3,000 years, from approximately 45,000 to 42,000 years ago.

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