Human bones unearthed from a German cave have altered the timeline of ancient human history

• Human bones in a German cave place Homo Sapiens in Europe 7,500 years earlier than experts thought.
• The findings suggest Homo sapiens lived near Neanderthals for millennia, which is a new revelation.
• Previously, scientists thought Homo sapiens arrived right around the time Neanderthals went extinct.

Researchers on the hunt to settle a long-standing debate ended up rewriting the timeline of ancient human history in the process.