Scientists finally discovered who made these mysterious 45,000-year-old Ice Age tools
Recent discoveries at the Ilsenhöhle cave site in Ranis have definitively attributed the Lincombian-Ranisian-Jerzmanowician (LRJ) stone tool industry to Homo sapiens, dating back approximately 45,000 years. This breakthrough, achieved through ancient DNA analysis of fragmented human remains, pushes back the secure timeline for modern humans in northern Europe during the Ice Age, revealing they thrived beyond Neanderthal territories.
Recent discoveries at the Ilsenhöhle cave site in Ranis have definitively attributed the Lincombian-Ranisian-Jerzmanowician (LRJ) stone tool industry to Homo sapiens, dating back approximately 45,000 years. This breakthrough, achieved through ancient DNA analysis of fragmented human remains, pushes back the secure timeline for modern humans in northern Europe during the Ice Age, revealing they thrived beyond Neanderthal territories.
