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Learn how these Neanderthal findings shaped what we know about Neanderthals and how our ancient human past is intertwined.

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Human DNA recovered from remains found in Europe is revealing our species’ shared history with Neanderthals. The trove is the ...

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These early modern humans and the Neanderthals had babies. "Most people that live today outside of Africa have about 1 to 2% ...

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Neanderthal deserts in the genome In 2016, Moorjani pioneered a method for inferring the timing of Neanderthal gene flow using often incomplete genomes of ancient individuals. At that time, only ...

The major difference between Cro-Magnon and Neanderthal indicates that Neanderthals were outcompeted by the former.

Ancient genomes reveal a narrow time window for Neanderthal and human interbreeding, raising new questions about their shared history.