Study shows Neanderthals inherited at least 6% of their genome from a now-extinct lineage of early modern humans

Modern humans migrated to Eurasia 75,000 years ago, where they encountered and interbred with Neanderthals. A new study published in the journal Current Biology shows that at this time Neanderthals were already carrying human DNA from a much older encounter with modern humans.


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Source: Phys.org