by . damien gayle . published : . 15:10 est , 4 february 2013 . | . updated : . former huddersfield centre josh griffin scored a try and kicked three goals as improving salford secured back-to-back super league wins with an 18-12 triumph at the john smith 's stadium . griffin and ben jones-bishop scored tries in the first half , although jack hughes gave the giants hope . 08:30 est , 5 february 2013 . we missed him : analysis of neanderthal bones using new carbon dating techniques shows they could never have coexisted with humans . neanderthals and the ancestors of modern humans never co-existed , according to a new study which , if correct , could rewrite conventional accounts of our species early history . the study suggests that our evolutionary cousins became extinct in their last refuge in spain much earlier than previously thought . previous dating of bone fossils found at neanderthal sites in the region put the youngest at about 35,000 years . now researchers from australia and europe have re-examined the bones using an improved method to filter out contamination and concluded that the remains are actually about 15,000 years older . if true , the study casts doubt on the idea that modern humans and neanderthals co-existed - and possibly even interbred - for millennia . humans are n't believed to have settled in the region until 42,000 years ago , but the new dating has neanderthals disappearing from there around 50,000 years ago . carl forster 's try and griffin 's penalty made the game safe , though , despite the prolific aaron murphy 's try setting up a tense finish . ` the results of our study suggest that there are major problems with the dating of the last neanderthals in modern-day spain , ' said thomas higham , deputy director of the radiocarbon accelerator unit at oxford university . ` it is unlikely that neanderthals survived any later in this area than they did elsewhere in mainland europe . ' the study , which was published today by the journal proceedings of the national academy of sciences , does not completely exclude the possibility that neanderthals survived until 35,000 years ago . the problem is that the warm climate on the iberian peninsula quickly degrades a key protein used in so-called radiocarbon dating . salford red devils secured a second win in a row with a 18-12 victory at huddersfield . salford made a fast start and cory paterson had a try ruled out on 18 minutes . a rangi chase kick-through was fumbled by a giants player in the in-goal area and paterson pounced but referee james child had already ruled it a knock-on and given the red devils a drop out . the game was twice delayed early on when kevin locke for salford and huddersfield 's brett ferres were carried off injured . the researchers were only able to test bones from two of the 11 known neanderthal sites in spain . griffin opened the scoring on 21 minutes when he pounced on a mistake by huddersfield 's jermaine mcgillvary . the winger seemed set to grab a grubber kick into the left corner by jones-bishop - but when he slipped in the in-goal area griffin was there to score . he failed to convert but was on target 10 minutes later after jones-bishop took advantage of more slack defending . rangi chase kicked through straight from a scrum and jones-bishop got to the ball first despite several giants players being better placed . lacklustre huddersfield , seeking a fifth straight win , woke up after that and were back in the contest on 38 minutes . on-loan wigan forward hughes went over from jamie ellis ' pass after good work by eorl crabtree . there was a flare-up on half-time when crabtree and weller hauraki came to blows after the kiwi made a heavy tackle on the england international . salford extended their 10-6 half-time lead on 55 minutes when forster grabbed his first try of the season . they were subjected to a new method called ` ultrafiltration . ' this removes more recent carbon molecules that have contaminated the bones and made them appear younger than they actually are . much older : the study casts doubt on the idea that modern humans and neanderthals co-existed - and possibly even interbred - for millennia . humans living 40,000 years ago in the area around beijing were already genetically distinct from the ancestors of modern europeans , dna analysis has found . an international team of researchers sequenced dna that had been extracted from the leg of an early modern human from tianyuan cave near to the chinese capital . analyses showed that the tianyuan human shared a common origin with the ancestors of many present-day asians and native americans - but had already diverged genetically from ancient europeans . griffin , the older brother of fellow former huddersfield player darrell , who was on the bench for this match , converted . hauraki was put on report on 62 minutes for a bad tackle which left giants full-back scott grix needing treatment . murphy then went over in the right corner on 76 minutes for his fourth try in as many games . brough added the extras to leave the home side a converted try away from a late victory . but soon after they were punished for interfering with play and griffin kicked the resulting penalty . solid defending , including forcing huddersfield to play out a set of six around their own 10-metre line , helped salford see the game out . the researchers also found that the proportion of neanderthal and denisovan dna in the early modern human was no higher than in the present day population of this region . researchers with the max planck institute for evolutionary anthropology in leipzig , germany , took nuclear and mitochondrial dna from a 40,000 year old leg bone unearthed at the tianyuan cave in 2003 . study leader svante pääbo said : ` this individual lived during an important evolutionary transition when early modern humans , who shared certain features with earlier forms such as neanderthals , were replacing neanderthals and denisovans . ' such techniques often lead to older . radiocarbon dates , said chris stringer , a senior research fellow at . britain 's natural history museum . ` science moves on and technology moves . on , ' he said . mr stringer , who was not involved in the study , said the new techniques should now be applied to other sites in spain . ` until this is done , there must be a significant question mark over the possible late survival of neanderthals in the region . ' if the remains from the other sites , too , turn out to be older , any encounter between neanderthals and humans would have to have taken place earlier than previously thought , he said . ` evidence from britain , belgium , france , germany and italy is increasingly pointing to a modern human presence before 40,000 years ago , ' said mr stringer . ` the new chronology suggests that any interaction between the last neanderthals and the earliest moderns in europe will similarly move before , rather than after , 40,000 years . ' there is also the chance that neanderthals survived longer in other corners of europe , said rachel e. wood of the australian national university in canberra , a co-author of the study . ` there are some other possible areas that may have also acted as a refuge for the species , such as the caucasus , but the `` young '' radiocarbon dates in these areas have also found to be problematic , ' she said .
new radiocarbon dating suggests neanderthals disappeared 15,000 years before the arrival of early modern humans . findings cast doubt on the idea that humans and neanderthals co-existed - and possibly even interbred .
's try and griffin 's penalty made the game safe , though , despite the prolific aaron murphy 's try setting up a tense finish . ` the results of our study suggest that there are major problems with the dating of the last neanderthals in modern-day spain , ' said thomas higham , deputy director of the radiocarbon accelerator unit at oxford university . ` it is unlikely that neanderthals survived any later in this area than they did elsewhere in mainland europe . ' the study , which was published today by the journal proceedings of the national academy of sciences , does not completely exclude the possibility that neanderthals survived until 35,000 years ago . the problem is that the warm climate on the iberian peninsula quickly degrades a key protein used in so-called radiocarbon dating . salford red devils secured a second win in a row with a 18-12 victory at huddersfield . salford made a fast start and cory paterson had a try ruled out on 18 minutes . a rangi chase kick-through was fumbled by a giants player in the in-goal area and paterson pounced but referee james child had already ruled it a knock-on and given the red devils a drop out . the game was twice delayed early on when kevin locke for salford and huddersfield 's brett ferres were carried off injured . the researchers were only able to test bones from two of the 11 known neanderthal sites in spain . griffin opened the scoring on . an international team of researchers sequenced dna that had been extracted from the leg of an early modern human from tianyuan cave near to the chinese capital . analyses showed that the tianyuan human shared a common origin with the ancestors of many present-day asians and native americans - but had already diverged genetically from ancient europeans . griffin , the older brother of fellow former huddersfield player darrell , who was on the bench for this match , converted . hauraki was put on report on 62 minutes for a bad tackle which left giants full-back scott grix needing treatment . murphy then went over in the right corner on 76 minutes for his fourth try in as many games . brough added the extras to leave the home side a converted try away from a late victory . but soon after they were punished for interfering with play and griffin kicked the resulting penalty . solid defending , including forcing huddersfield to play out a set of six around their own 10-metre line , helped salford see the game out . the researchers also found that the proportion of neanderthal and denisovan dna in the early modern human was no higher than in the present day population of this region . researchers with the max planck institute for evolutionary anthropology in leipzig , germany , took nuclear and mitochondrial dna from a 40,000 year old leg bone unearthed at the tianyuan cave in 2003 . study leader svante pääbo said : ` this individual lived during an important evolutionary transition when early modern humans , who shared certain features with earlier forms such as neanderthals , were replacing neanderthals and denisovans . ' such techniques often lead to older . radiocarbon dates , said chris stringer , a senior research fellow at . britain 's natural history museum . ` science moves on and technology moves . on , ' he said . mr stringer , who was not involved in the study , said the new techniques should now be applied to other sites in spain . ` until this is done , there must be a significant question mark over the possible late survival of neanderthals in the region . ' if the remains from the other sites , too , turn out to be older , any encounter between neanderthals and humans would have to have taken place earlier than previously thought , he said . ` evidence from britain , belgium , france , germany and italy is increasingly pointing to a modern human presence before 40,000 years ago , ' said mr stringer . ` the new chronology suggests that any interaction between the last neanderthals and the earliest moderns in europe will similarly move before , rather than after , 40,000 years . ' there is also the chance that neanderthals survived longer in other corners of europe , said rachel e. wood of the australian national university in canberra , a co-author of the study . ` there are some other possible areas that may have also acted as a refuge for the species , such as the caucasus , but the `` young '' radiocarbon dates in these areas have also found to be problematic , ' she said .
's try and griffin 's penalty made the game safe , though , despite the prolific aaron murphy 's try setting up a tense finish . ` the results of our study suggest that there are major problems with the dating of the last neanderthals in modern-day spain , ' said thomas higham , deputy director of the radiocarbon accelerator unit at oxford university . ` it is unlikely that neanderthals survived any later in this area than they did elsewhere in mainland europe . ' the study , which was published today by the journal proceedings of the national academy of sciences , does not completely exclude the possibility that neanderthals survived until 35,000 years ago . the problem is that the warm climate on the iberian peninsula quickly degrades a key protein used in so-called radiocarbon dating . salford red devils secured a second win in a row with a 18-12 victory at huddersfield . salford made a fast start and cory paterson had a try ruled out on 18 minutes . a rangi chase kick-through was fumbled by a giants player in the in-goal area and paterson pounced but referee james child had already ruled it a knock-on and given the red devils a drop out . the game was twice delayed early on when kevin locke for salford and huddersfield 's brett ferres were carried off injured . the researchers were only able to test bones from two of the 11 known neanderthal sites in spain . griffin opened the scoring on there was a flare-up on half-time when crabtree and weller hauraki came to blows after the kiwi made a heavy tackle on the england international . salford extended their 10-6 half-time lead on 55 minutes when forster grabbed his first try of the season . they were subjected to a new method called ` ultrafiltration . ' this removes more recent carbon molecules that have contaminated the bones and made them appear younger than they actually are . much older : the study casts doubt on the idea that modern humans and neanderthals co-existed - and possibly even interbred - for millennia . humans living 40,000 years ago in the area around beijing were already genetically distinct from the ancestors of modern europeans , dna analysis has found . an international team of researchers sequenced dna that had been extracted from the leg of an early modern human from tianyuan cave near to the chinese capital . analyses showed that the tianyuan human shared a common origin with the ancestors of many present-day asians and native americans - but had already diverged genetically from ancient europeans . griffin , the older brother of fellow former huddersfield player darrell , who was on the bench for this match , converted . hauraki was put on report on 62 minutes for a bad tackle which left giants full-back scott grix needing treatment . murphy then went over in the right corner on 76 minutes for his fourth try in as many games . brough added the extras to leave the home side a converted try away from a late victory . but soon after they were punished for interfering with play and griffin kicked the resulting penalty . solid defending , including forcing huddersfield to play out a set of six around their own 10-metre line , helped salford see the game out . the researchers also found that the proportion of neanderthal and denisovan dna in the early modern human was no higher than in the present day population of this region . researchers with the max planck institute for evolutionary anthropology in leipzig , germany , took nuclear and mitochondrial dna from a 40,000 year old leg bone unearthed at the tianyuan cave in 2003 . study leader svante pääbo said : ` this individual lived during an important evolutionary transition when early modern humans , who shared certain features with earlier forms such as neanderthals , were replacing neanderthals and denisovans . ' such techniques often lead to older . radiocarbon dates , said chris stringer , a senior research fellow at . britain 's natural history museum . ` science moves on and technology moves . on , ' he said . mr stringer , who was not involved in the study , said the new techniques should now be applied to other sites in spain . ` until this is done , there must be a significant question mark over the possible late survival of neanderthals in the region . ' if the remains from the other sites , too , turn out to be older , any encounter between neanderthals and humans would have to have taken place earlier than previously thought , he said . ` evidence from britain , belgium , france , germany and italy is increasingly pointing to a modern human presence before 40,000 years ago , ' said mr stringer . ` the new chronology suggests that any interaction between the last neanderthals and the earliest moderns in europe will similarly move before , rather than after , 40,000 years . ' there is also the chance that neanderthals survived longer in other corners of europe , said rachel e. wood of the australian national university in canberra , a co-author of the study . ` there are some other possible areas that may have also acted as a refuge for the species , such as the caucasus , but the `` young '' radiocarbon dates in these areas have also found to be problematic , ' she said .
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' this removes more recent carbon molecules that contaminated the bones made appear younger. much older : the study casts modern humans and co - possibly. humans living 40,000 in the area around beijing were already genetically distinct modern europeans, dna analysis an international team sequenced dna that had extracted the leg an early modern human tianyuan cave near to the chinese capital. analyses showed the tianyuan human shared many present-day asians native americans - had already genetically ancient europeans. griffin, the older brother fellow former huddersfield player darrell on this match, converted. hauraki was put report on 62 minutes for a bad tackle which left giants full-back scott grix needing treatment. murphy then went over in the right corner on 76 minutes for his fourth try. brough added the extras leave the home side a converted try away a late victory. but soon they punished interfering play griffin kicked the resulting penalty. solid defending, including forcing huddersfield out a set six around, helped salford see. the researchers also the proportion neanderthal and denisovan dna in the early modern human no this region. researchers with the max planck institute evolutionary anthropology leipzig, took nuclear and mitochondrial dna a 40,000 year old leg bone unearthed tianyuan cave 2003 study leader svante pääbo said : ` this individual lived during an important evolutionary transition when early modern humans, who shared certain features earlier forms such replacing denisovans ' such techniques often older. radiocarbon dates, said chris stringer. britain 's natural history museum. ` science moves technology moves. on, ' he said. mr stringer, who not the study, the new techniques should now other sites spain. ` until this is, there must a significant question mark over the possible late survival neanderthals. 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. an international team of researchers sequenced dna that had been extracted from the leg of an early modern human from tianyuan cave near to the chinese capital . analyses showed that the tianyuan human shared a common origin with the ancestors of many present-day asians and native americans - but had already diverged genetically from ancient europeans . griffin , the older brother of fellow former huddersfield player darrell , who was on the bench for this match , converted . hauraki was put on report on 62 minutes for a bad tackle which left giants full-back scott grix needing treatment . murphy then went over in the right corner on 76 minutes for his fourth try in as many games . brough added the extras to leave the home side a converted try away from a late victory . but soon after they were punished for interfering with play and griffin kicked the resulting penalty . solid defending , including forcing huddersfield to play out a set of six around their own 10-metre line , helped salford see the game out . the researchers also found that the proportion of neanderthal and denisovan dna in the early modern human was no higher than in the present day population of this region . researchers with the max planck institute for evolutionary anthropology in leipzig , germany , took nuclear and mitochondrial dna from a 40,000 year old leg bone unearthed at the tianyuan cave in 2003 . study leader svante pääbo said : ` this individual lived during an important evolutionary transition when early modern humans , who shared certain features with earlier forms such as neanderthals , were replacing neanderthals and denisovans . ' such techniques often lead to older . radiocarbon dates , said chris stringer , a senior research fellow at . britain 's natural history museum . ` science moves on and technology moves . on , ' he said . mr stringer , who was not involved in the study , said the new techniques should now be applied to other sites in spain . ` until this is done , there must be a significant question mark over the possible late survival of neanderthals in the region . ' if the remains from the other sites , too , turn out to be older , any encounter between neanderthals and humans would have to have taken place earlier than previously thought , he said . ` evidence from britain , belgium , france , germany and italy is increasingly pointing to a modern human presence before 40,000 years ago , ' said mr stringer . ` the new chronology suggests that any interaction between the last neanderthals and the earliest moderns in europe will similarly move before , rather than after , 40,000 years . ' there is also the chance that neanderthals survived longer in other corners of europe , said rachel e. wood of the australian national university in canberra , a co-author of the study . ` there are some other possible areas that may have also acted as a refuge for the species , such as the caucasus , but the `` young '' radiocarbon dates in these areas have also found to be problematic , ' she said .
 The text discusses the discovery of ancient human DNA in a cave in China, which reveals that modern humans share a common origin with Neanderthals and Denisovans. The study analyzed DNA from a 40,000-year-old leg bone found in the Tianyuan Cave near Beijing, China. The results show that the individual had a mix of Neanderthal and Denisovan ancestry, similar to present-day Asians and Native Americans. This suggests that there was interbreeding between early humans and these archaic species, leading to the exchange of genes. The findings also indicate that modern humans replaced Neanderthals and Denisovans in Europe and Asia around 40,000 years ago.