Fossil found in France is not quite modern human and not quite Neanderthal.
A hip-bone fossil found in France may have belonged to an early lineage of modern human Homo sapiens, one subtly different from present-day modern humans, a new study finds.
However, the Châtelperronian has inspired a great deal of controversy over the years from scientists who argued that its artifacts were actually modern human in nature. Prior work found that modern humans had made their way to Western Europe by about 42,000 years ago. "It is very surprising to have a Homo sapiens fossil from a Châtelperronian context," Chris Stringer, a paleoanthropologist at the Natural History Museum in London who did not take part in the new study, told Live Science.
The simplest explanation for this early modern human hip bone surrounded by Neanderthal remains could be separate modern humans and Neanderthal groups sharing the same culture, Maureille said. Another possibility is a mixed group where both modern humans and Neanderthals lived together, he added.
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