There is some recent mention in the popular press of a skeletal find  whewrein
the the bone conformation seems to suggest a Cro-Magnon/Neandertal hybrid.  There
is quite a debate over the fate of the Neandertals ranging from the theory that
they were assimilated into the Cro-Magnon populaton by interbreeding  to the
proposition that they were eliminated by encroachment.  Speaking of Europe, the
Cro-magnons arrived on the scene about 40k ago and the Neandertals were gone soon
afterward even though they had been present and evolving in Europe for a few
hundred thousand years.  Rick
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"Janet L. Walbaum" wrote:

> In a message dated 6/20/99 10:54:38 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
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> Speaking of Neanderthals, I came across this December 1997 issue of Discover
> Magazine containing an article entitled "Atapuerca," written by Robert
> Kunzig.
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> Janet