Don't we go back at least 100,000 years as to evidence of homo sapiens?  There
was overlap for Neanderthal habitation in Europe for a portion of this time
until they vanished (very controversial as to how and  why).

Hans Kylberg wrote:

> At 17:20 1998-10-16 -0400, JoAnn wrote:
>
> >wait, i thought that these early European people (like before Cro-Magnon,
> >approx 40,000 ya) were not homo sapiens.  if they are not, this has no
> >bearing on what we should be eating, does it?
>
> That is true, but our ancestors living in Africa at that time probably
> were similar to the Boxgrove people, and so had the ability to kill
> large game, although not exactly the same species. This ability is not
> connected with the use of better hunting weapons of Cro-Magnons.
>
> - Hans