Humans and Neanderthals met often, but only one event matters
Homo sapiens began in Africa but Neanderthals were Eurasian. Any miscegenation would have happened after sapiens left its homeland to embark on its conquest of the world. But the details were unclear.
Humans may not have survived without Neanderthals
A new DNA analysis has shown that the arrival of modern humans from Africa was far from smooth
Scientists pinpoint when humans had babies with Neanderthals
Neanderthals interbred with modern humans 47,000 years ago, passing down DNA that still exists in many modern-day people, according to two new studies.
Neanderthals and Humans Mated More Recently Than Previously Thought
Anthropologists have long known that the groups interbred before Neanderthals went extinct about 40,000 years ago, but two new studies show that the mingling—which gave Homo sapiens genes advantageous to our survival—occurred more recently than previously believed.
Neanderthals and humans hooked up for 7,000 years, 50,000-year-old DNA confirms
Analysis of early modern human genomes suggests that Neanderthal DNA was introduced to populations in Europe around 43,500 to 50,500 years ago.
A New Timeline for Neanderthal-Human Interbreeding
A new analysis of DNA from ancient modern humans (Homo sapiens) in Europe and Asia has determined, more precisely than ever, the time period during which Neanderthals interbred with modern humans, sta
A new timeline for Neanderthal interbreeding with modern humans
Africans. Scientists analyzed the lengths of regions of Neanderthal DNA in 58 ancient Eurasian genomes of early modern humans and determined that the introgressed genes result from interbreeding between Homo sapiens and Neanderthals about 47,
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DNA Reveals When Humans And Neanderthals Became One
Today, all humans except those with only African heritage bear the marks of this union in their DNA. The study's findings ...
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Modern human ancestors and Neanderthals mated during a 7,000-year-long 'pulse,' 2 new studies reveal
An analysis of genomes from some of the earliest modern humans to live in Europe reveals their ancestors interbred with ...