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fromHarvard Gazette
3 weeks ago

Anthropologist traces split between Homo sapiens and Neanderthals - Harvard Gazette

The transition from multiple human forms to Homo sapiens dominance involved interactions and interbreeding with Neanderthals, not a clear-cut victory.
fromMail Online
8 months ago

Neanderthals bred with early humans 100,000 YEARS earlier than thought

'Genetic studies over the past decade have shown that these two groups exchanged genes,' said lead author Professor Israel Hershkovitz. 'Even today, 40,000 years after the last Neanderthals disappeared, part of our genome-two to six per cent-is of Neanderthal origin. 'But these gene exchanges took place much later, between 60,000 to 40,000 years ago. Here, we are dealing with a human fossil that is 140,000 years old.
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