Early Neanderthal bones found in France

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  • 13/10/2014

French archaeologists have announced the discovery of the remains of a 200,000-year-old barbarian.

The three arm bones were found at a building site in Normandy in 2010, buried alongside skeletons of a number of animals from the period including rhinos, bears, panthers and wolves.

Scientists are using the remains to look at the behaviour of our early ancestors. The bones are some of the earliest Neanderthal remains ever found.

"These are the oldest fossils found near Paris; it's the oldest Parisian, if you like," says palaeontologist Bruno Maureille of the National Centre for Scientific Research, who co-authored the study, published in journal PLOS ONE.

"This is a period with very few fossils." 

The neanderthals died out around 40,000 years ago.

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