El declive neandertal hace 45.000 años Exhibition at the Real Jardín Botánico until January
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About the event
An exhibition from the University of Cantabria's SUBSILIENCE project on how climate change and the arrival of Homo sapiens finished off the Neanderthals, at the Jardín Botánico until January 2027.
Key points
- Until 31 January 2027
- Museo de Etnobotánica, Real Jardín Botánico
- Free, according to the council listing
- Opening hours: check with the Jardín Botánico
What the exhibition tells
“El declive neandertal hace 45.000 años. Crisis climática y la llegada del Homo sapiens” presents the results of the SUBSILIENCE project, carried out over six years by the University of Cantabria's EvoAdapta group with funding from the European Research Council. The question is one of the great ones in prehistory: why did the Neanderthals disappear? The answer the exhibition puts forward combines two factors: the abrupt shifts in climate between the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic and the arrival of Homo sapiens in Europe, which together transformed the ecosystems those populations depended on.
The Iberian Peninsula as a last refuge
The exhibition focuses on the final Neanderthal millennia in the Iberian Peninsula. According to the research team, led by Professor Ana Belén Marín-Arroyo, from around 45,000 years ago the last groups gradually moved towards the Mediterranean area, following the herds of animals they fed on, until they died out around 35,000 years ago. To reconstruct that process the project has combined classic archaeological methods with techniques such as palaeoproteomic analysis and climate modelling. Before reaching Córdoba, the exhibition was shown at the Museo de Altamira and the Museo Romano Oiasso in Irún.
Where and when to see it
The exhibition is on show at the Museo de Etnobotánica in the Real Jardín Botánico de Córdoba, on avenida de Linneo, on the bank of the Guadalquivir and next to the Zoo and the Ciudad de los Niños. It opened in mid-July and will stay open until 31 January 2027, so there is plenty of time to visit in the autumn or over the Christmas holidays. The council listing marks it as free; opening hours are not given there, so it is worth checking them with the Jardín Botánico (IMGEMA, telephone 957 20 03 55) before heading over.
