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February 21, 2016

Neanderthals mated with modern humans much earlier than previously thought
Cold Spring Harbor NY (SPX) Feb 18, 2016
Using several different methods of DNA analysis, an international research team has found what they consider to be strong evidence of an interbreeding event between Neanderthals and modern humans that occurred tens of thousands of years earlier than any other such event previously documented. This week in Nature the team publishes evidence of interbreeding that occurred an estimated 100,000 years ago. More specifically the scientists provide the first genetic evidence of a scenario in which early ... read more

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