Paul Mellars
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Paul Mellars, an archaeologist at the University of Cambridge in England, wrote in an article in the journal Nature. Although other scientists have for several years been pondering the implications of the revised radiocarbon dating for archaeological research throughout the world, Dr. Mellars's description of the new techniques and their significance is the first comprehensive review of the subject in a major journal. Dr. Mellars concludes from the revised chronology that the overlap between Neanderthals and new arrivals must be shortened to about 6,000 years in Central and Northern Europe, perhaps only 1,000 to 2,000 years in regions like western France.