The Neanderthal DNA found in modern human genomes has long raised questions about ancient interbreeding. New studies offer a ...

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 ...

Ancient DNA research suggests that our non-African ancestors mixed with Neandertals about 50,000 years ago, resulting in one ...

Two new studies have helped narrow down the time during which Neanderthals interbred with modern humans to a period starting ...

Neanderthals and humans likely mixed and mingled during a narrow time frame 45,000 years ago, scientists reported Thursday.

New research reveals that gene flow from Neanderthals has left a lasting imprint on modern human genomes. Non-African ...

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Analysis of early modern human genomes suggests that Neanderthal DNA was introduced to populations in Europe around 43,500 to ...

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Most of us have Neanderthal ancestors, and now scientists how revealed important details about how their DNA shape us today.

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 ...