A new finding has cast doubt on the theory that ancestors of modern humans interbred with Neanderthals over thousands of years.
Scientists have re-dated fossil bones from two sites in southern Spain and discovered they are much older than previously thought.
According to the new evidence, it is unlikely Neanderthals and modern humans ever lived together in the region.
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