Researchers have discovered an ancient skull in Manot Cave in West Galilee. The skull has provided important evidence of modern human's immigration from Africa to Europe. It also showed possible interactions between modern humans and Neanderthals.

The Manot cave is situated in northern Israel and close to border of Lebanese. Researchers have been finding artifacts in the cave since 2010. The objects found there showed that the cave was occupied by humans for more than 100,000 years. According to a report by researchers, the cave collapsed about 30,000 year ago.

Previously, researchers had discovered various types of tools, animal bones and a few human remains inside the cave. The most recent discovery had included a skull, which could be about 55,000 years old. According to the researchers, the skull could show the migration of modern humans to Europe from Africa.

As per some historians, about 4% of modern human's genes have come from Neanderthals. Some previous studies have shown that mixing of DNA occurred between 50 and 60 thousand years ago. A study has suggested that two species met in Europe approximately 45,000 years ago.

According to reports, the area nearer the Manot cave was periodically inhabited by Neanderthals. The population had inhabited the location between 50 and 65 thousand years ago.

Bruce Latimer, paleontologist from Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine's Department of Orthodontics, said in a statement, "It has been suspected that modern man and Neanderthals were in the same place at the same time, but we didn't have the physical evidence. Now we do have it in the new skull fossil".

According to the research, published in the journal Nature, the skull bone of female represented the first recorded case of modern human being in the Levant region a long time ago.