Homo sapiens fossilis

Cro-Magnons were the first modern humans (Homo sapiens) to settle in Europe and Siberia, arriving from Western Asia possibly as early as 56,800 years ago and interbreeding with the native Neanderthals before those populations disappeared. They matter because studying them helps us understand how modern humans first populated Europe and how our species interacted with other human groups during prehistoric times.

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