Homo sapiens may have reached Europe 10,000 years earlier than previously thought

Migrations to the continent started long before Neandertals died out, new finds suggest

image of a stone point with a sharp edge

Evidence of the earliest known Homo sapiens in Europe, including this sharp-edged stone point, comes from a French rock-shelter and dates to as early as 56,800 years ago, researchers say.

L. Slimak

Stone Age Homo sapiens began migrating into Europe much longer ago than has typically been assumed.