Neanderthals ‘kept our early ancestors out of Europe’
Ancient teeth found in China suggest Homo sapiens was outwitted by its rivals
The Guardian
The discovery of a hoard of ancient human teeth in a Chinese cave has forced scientists to reconsider our species’ relations with our closest evolutionary cousins, the Neanderthals. The find, revealed in the science journal Nature, shows modern humans must have left their African homeland and reached southern China more than 80,000 years ago.