Scientists have long-known that our human ancestors got down and dirty with Neanderthals. But when exactly did this interbreeding first occur? A study from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany offers a new answer. For the study, researchers sequenced the genome of a 45,000-year-old modern human male, using a femur bone that was unearthed in 2008 near the small village of Ust’-Ishim in western Siberia.
Scientists Pinpoint When Humans Had Sex With Neanderthals
Macrina Cooper-White, Huffington Post
Sat, 10/25/2014 - 6:39am
Topics: max planck institute evolutionary anthropology leipzig germany ust ishim siberia neanderthal dna this dr janet kelso middle east previous new york times ust'-ishim africans europeans dr christopher stringer natural history museum london bbc news oct nature a neanderthals i dna neanderthal this africa asians eurasians genome modern study close
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