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Neanderthals may have also been sailors

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Alan Simmons Neanderthals or other extinct human lineages may have sailed to the Mediterranean Islands long before previously thought. Here, an excavation at Akrotiri Aetokremnos, a site in Cyprus dating back to about 10,000 B.C., where pygmy hippo fossils were found.

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Neanderthals Choi pygmy Cyprus Mediterranean Islands human Akrotiri Aetokremnos

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GeographicFeature: Mediterranean Islands

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Country: Cyprus

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• Cyprus
• Cyprus: dbpedia
• Cyprus: freebase
• Cyprus: ciaFactbook
• Cyprus: umbel
• Cyprus: yago

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Neanderthals and other extinct human lineages might have been ancient mariners, venturing to the Mediterranean islands thousands of years earlier than previously thought.

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