Amongst all the discoveries, some of them have been dated relatively accurately, whilst others have been placed in a
wider range of possibilities, as the context of the fossil’s discovery has been lost.
If we stick to the surest dates, the oldest Neandertal recognised to date are from La Sima de los Huesos, in Spain. They are 430,000 years old.
The most recent Neandertals are 40,000 years old: they are those of Spy and Fonds-de-Forêt (Belgium) and Figueira Brava (Portugal).
