Ice Age camp reveals hunter-gatherers reached Italy thousands of years earlier than previously thought

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A fresh excavation of the eastern deposit at Riparo Mochi, a rock shelter near today's French–Italian border, has pushed back the timeline for when Ice Age hunter-gatherers from Spain first entered Italy.

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Ice Age camp reveals hunter-gatherers reached Italy thousands of years earlier than previously thought
A fresh excavation of the eastern deposit at Riparo Mochi, a rock shelter near today's French–Italian border, has pushed back the timeline for when Ice Age hunter-gatherers from Spain first entered Italy.

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