When Did Neandertals and Humans Interbreed? Genomics Closes In on a Date

The oldest human genomes ever sequenced reveal that our Neandertal ancestry came from one “pulse” of interbreeding and pins down the timing

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Dec 14 2024
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When Did Neandertals and Humans Interbreed? Genomics Closes In on a Date

Scientists have long known that humans outside of Africa owe 2 to 3 percent of their genome to Neandertal ancestors. But now, using the oldest modern human DNA ever analyzed, two separate studies hav… [+6245 chars]

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