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Neanderthal remains thought to be 37,000 years old are much older Ryan Morrison For Mailonline © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo Neanderthal remains discovered in a cave in Belgium thought to be 37,000 years old are actually thousands of years older than previous studies suggested, study shows. University of Oxford archaeologists re-dated a number of Neanderthal specimens from Spy Cave in Belgium, a renowned site for palaeolithic discoveries and found contamination skewed earlier dating efforts. The team say some bones previously dated at about 37,000 years old from within the cave may be up to 5,000 years older. Determining that the bones were older than suspected allowed the researchers to confirm that Neanderthals disappeared from northwest Europe between 44,200 and 40,600 years ago - up to 8,000 years later than previous estimates.  

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