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140,000-year-old skeleton shows earliest interbreeding between humans and Neanderthals
Scientists have uncovered the world s earliest fossil showing both Neanderthal and Homo sapiens features: a five-year-old child from Israel s Skhul Cave dating back 140,000 years. This discovery pushes back the timeline of human interbreeding,
Neanderthals, humans likely bred 100,000 years earlier than first thought: Experts
A new study has found that Neanderthals bred with our human ancestors some 100,000 years earlier than previously thought.
Earliest evidence discovered of interbreeding between Homo sapiens and Neanderthals
An international study led by researchers from Tel Aviv University and the French National Center for Scientific Research provides the first scientific evidence that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens had biological and social relations,
Bones of ancient child suggest humans could have interbred with Neanderthals earlier than thought
Tel Aviv, Israel — Modern humans and Neanderthals were interacting 100,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to researchers who used CT scans and 3D mapping to study the bones of a child they believe was the result of interbreeding between the two distinct groups.
What the bones of an ancient child reveal about inbreeding between humans and Neanderthals
Modern humans and Neanderthals were interacting 100,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to researchers who used CT scans and 3D mapping to study the bones of a child they believe was the result of interbreeding between the two distinct groups.

‘Earliest known’: Unthinkable 140,000-year-old Neanderthal find stuns the world

It was supposed to be impossible. But the evidence just keeps mounting. A 140,000-year-old child’s skull discovered in Israel ...

Scientists Sequenced the DNA of the ‘Last Neanderthal’—and It Alters Human History

Despite its proximity to other groups of Neanderthals and the era’s modern humans, the lineage of the specimen, dubbed ...
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Mysterious 300,000-year-old Greek cave skull was neither human nor Neanderthal, study finds

Researchers have dated the mysterious skull from Petralona Cave in Greece to 300,000 years ago and concluded that the fossil ...
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Surprising Skull Scan Pushes Back Human–Neanderthal Contact by 100,000 Years

May the history of human origins have a missing chapter? A 140,000-year-old skull of a child from Israel, hitherto relegated ...

Earliest proof of Neanderthals, Homo sapiens interbreeding discovered by Israeli archaeologists

Discovered approximately 90 years ago, the fossil was reanalyzed using advanced micro-CT scanning and 3D modeling. A ...

Got Neanderthal DNA? It Might Halve Your Chances of Becoming an Elite Athlete

A Neanderthal AMPD1 variant still present in some Europeans lowers muscle efficiency and may hinder elite athletic ability.

Scientists Found 78,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Footprints That Tell a Story of Survival

The oldest-known hominin track sites found in southwest Europe provide clues to the hunting patterns of Neanderthals. Experts believe that along with eating plenty of plants, the ancient population ...
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Are You Secretly Neanderthal? 13 Clues Hidden in Your DNA

What if I told you that a part of you isn't entirely human as we know it? Thanks to groundbreaking genetic research, we now ...