New genetic evidence proves that modern humans, Homo sapiens, lived deep in northern Europe at least 45,000 years ago. Analysis of bone fragments from an archeological site in Germany shows that early European Homo Sapiens made unique leaf-shaped, thin stone tools, identified with the Lincombian-Renaissian-Jercemanovich culture.
These findings predate the arrival of Homo sapien in northwestern Europe by several thousand years - and more importantly, reveal overlap and coexistence with Neanderthals in the region.