The word illuminate has appeared in 184 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on Feb. 9 in “Neanderthals and Modern Humans Agreed About One Thing: This Cave” by Sabrina Imbler:
The new paper adds to scientists’ growing understanding that modern humans’ migration into Europe was a staggered, complex process that often ended in local extinction, Dr. Harvati said. “Modern humans were not always the ‘winners’ in this process,” she wrote.
Dr. Martisius hopes future publications can illuminate the lives of the early toolmakers in Grotte Mandrin. “Who were they? How long were they in Western Europe?” she asked. “Where did they go?”
The researchers plan to publish more papers on their excavations in Grotte Mandrin, taking their place as the latest in a long line of hominins who found refuge in the cave.
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