Finding the last Neanderthal @NewScientist
Finding the last Neanderthal  @NewScientist
Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
“It's a tiny cave but you have a record and a fossilisation of something unique, which are the very last moment of the Neanderthal populations”, says palaeoanthropologist Ludovic Slimak.In our latest interview, we explore the overlap between these two human species, what may have led to the Neanderthals' disappearance, and what Grotte Mandrin in France's Rhône Valley can reveal about our deep past.

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