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Neanderthal
'overlapped ' dengan manusia
modern hingga 5.400 tahun
Neanderthal
dan manusia modern tinggal di Eropa antara 2.600 dan 5.400 tahun, menurut
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timeline yang menunjukkan Kapan terakhir Neanderthal mati..............
Neanderthals 'overlapped' with modern humans for up to 5,400 years
Date:
August 21,
2014
Source:
University of Oxford
Summary:
Neanderthals and modern humans were
both living in Europe for between 2,600 and 5,400 years, according to a new
article. For the first time, scientists have constructed a robust timeline
showing when the last Neanderthals died out
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Neanderthals and modern humans were both living in Europe
for between 2,600 and 5,400 years, according to a new paper published in the
journal, Nature. For the first time,
scientists have constructed a robust timeline showing when the last
Neanderthals died out.
Significantly,
the research paper says there is strong evidence to suggest that Neanderthals
disappeared at different times across Europe rather than being rapidly replaced
by modern humans.
A team, led
by Professor Thomas Higham of the University of Oxford, obtained new
radiocarbon dates for around 200 samples of bone, charcoal and shell from 40
key European archaeological sites. The sites, ranging from Russia in the east
to Spain in the west, were either linked with the Neanderthal tool-making
industry, known as Mousterian, or were 'transitional' sites containing stone
tools associated with either early modern humans or Neanderthals.
The
chronology was pieced together during a six-year research project by building
mathematical models that combine the new radiocarbon dates with established
archaeological stratigraphic evidence. The results showed that both groups
overlapped for a significant period, giving 'ample time' for interaction and
interbreeding. The paper adds, however, it is not clear where interbreeding may
have happened in Eurasia or whether it occurred once or several times.
Professor
Thomas Higham said: 'Other recent studies of Neanderthal and modern human
genetic make-up suggest that both groups interbred outside Africa, with
1.5%-2.1% or more of the DNA of modern non-African human populations
originating from Neanderthals. We believe we now have the first robust timeline
that sheds new light on some of the key questions around the possible
interactions between Neanderthals and modern humans. The chronology also
pinpoints the timing of the Neanderthals' disappearance, and suggests they may
have survived in dwindling populations in pockets of Europe before they became
extinct.'
In 2011,
another Nature paper featuring Dr Katerina Douka of the Oxford team
obtained some very early dates (around 45,000 years old) for the so-called
'transitional' Uluzzian stone-tool industry of Italy and identified teeth
remains in the site of the Grotta del Cavallo, Apulia, as those of anatomically
modern humans. Under the new timeline published today, the Mousterian industry
(attributed to Neanderthals and found across vast areas of Europe and Eurasia)
is shown to have ended between 41,030 to 39,260 years ago. This suggests
strongly that there was an extensive overlapping period between Neanderthals
and modern humans of several thousand years. The scientific team has for the
first time specified exactly how long this overlap lasted, with 95%
probability.
The Uluzzian
also contains objects, such as shell beads, that scholars widely believe
signify symbolic or advanced behaviour in early human groups. One or two of the
Châtelperronian sites of France and northern Spain (currently, although
controversially, associated with Neanderthals) contain some similar items. This
supports the theory first advanced several years ago that the arrival of early
modern humans in Europe may have stimulated the Neanderthals into copying
aspects of their symbolic behaviour in the millennia before they disappeared.
The paper also presents an alternative theory: that the similar start dates of
the two industries could mean that Châtelperronian sites are associated with
modern humans and not Neanderthals after all.
There is
currently no evidence to show that Neanderthals and early modern humans lived
closely together, regardless of whether the Neanderthals were responsible for
the Châtelperronian culture, the paper says. Rather than modern humans rapidly
replacing Neanderthals, there seems to have been a more complex picture
'characterised by a biological and cultural mosaic that lasted for several
thousand years'. The Châtelperronian industry follows the Mousterian in
archaeological layers at all sites where both occur. Importantly, however, the
Châtelperronian industry appears to have started significantly before the end
of Mousterian at some sites in Europe. This suggests that if Neanderthals were
responsible for both cultures, there may have been some regional variation in
their tool-making, says the paper.
Professor
Higham said: 'Previous radiocarbon dates have often underestimated the age of
samples from sites associated with Neanderthals because the organic matter was
contaminated with modern particles. We used ultrafiltration methods, which
purify the extracted collagen from bone, to avoid the risk of modern
contamination. This means we can say with more confidence that we have finally
resolved the timing of the disappearance of our close cousins, the
Neanderthals. Of course the Neanderthals are not completely extinct because
some of their genes are in most of us today.'
Previous
research had suggested that the Iberian Peninsula (modern-day Spain and
Portugal) and the site of Gorham's Cave, Gibraltar, might have been the final
places in Europe where Neanderthals survived. Despite extensive dating work,
the research team could not confirm the previous dates. The paper suggests that
poor preservation techniques for the dating material could have led to
contamination and false 'younger' dates previously.
Story
Source:
The above
story is based on materials provided by University of Oxford. Note: Materials may be edited
for content and length.
Journal
Reference:
- Tom Higham, Katerina Douka, Rachel Wood, Christopher Bronk Ramsey, Fiona Brock, Laura Basell, Marta Camps, Alvaro Arrizabalaga, Javier Baena, Cecillio Barroso-Ruíz, Christopher Bergman, Coralie Boitard, Paolo Boscato, Miguel Caparrós, Nicholas J. Conard, Christelle Draily, Alain Froment, Bertila Galván, Paolo Gambassini, Alejandro Garcia-Moreno, Stefano Grimaldi, Paul Haesaerts, Brigitte Holt, Maria-Jose Iriarte-Chiapusso, Arthur Jelinek, Jesús F. Jordá Pardo, José-Manuel Maíllo-Fernández, Anat Marom, Julià Maroto, Mario Menéndez, Laure Metz, Eugène Morin, Adriana Moroni, Fabio Negrino, Eleni Panagopoulou, Marco Peresani, Stéphane Pirson, Marco de la Rasilla, Julien Riel-Salvatore, Annamaria Ronchitelli, David Santamaria, Patrick Semal, Ludovic Slimak, Joaquim Soler, Narcís Soler, Aritza Villaluenga, Ron Pinhasi, Roger Jacobi. The timing and spatiotemporal patterning of Neanderthal disappearance. Nature, 2014; 512 (7514): 306 DOI: 10.1038/nature13621