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I think the answers to this will be pretty much the same as for early humans - for most of our history we were very sparse too. And I think the answer is "probably, sometimes!"
Total average population density would have been quite low, and accidentally running into a different group wouldn't have been common (I do *not* have actual data here, but I bet someone could do some napkin math and tell you how common). But people don't move around randomly, they move along natural features, follow migration routes, etc. I think it's likely that people (humans and neanderthals) groups would have run into each other where/when food was plentiful and concentrated. Valleys that naturally funneled migrating herds, or a river that's got a yearly explosion of fish, etc.
Comment by saskatoonauthor at 01/12/2024 at 19:11 UTC
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Good thoughts there. Thanks