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Friday, December 13, 2024
On Thursday, scientists published new data in the journals Science and Nature that suggested interbreeding between homo sapiens and neanderthals may have occured more recently than previously believed.
Gneomes assisted scientists in pinpointing when the two species “mixed and mingled”, which happened between 45,000[Source] and 47,000 years[Source] before the present day.
Bone fragments and genes were also said to be helping scientists ascertain when the two species intermingled.[Source]
Modern humans first appeared in Africa before emigrating to other parts of the world.[Source]
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“The scientists described the interbreeding, found to have been more recent than previous estimates, as a single extended period of gene flow lasting for numerous generations.”
“The researchers could not pinpoint geographically where this interbreeding occurred but saw the Middle East as likely.”
“Neanderthals, formally called Homo neanderthalensis, were more robustly built than Homo sapiens and had larger brows.”
“Previous research has shown that Neanderthals were intelligent, creating art and using complex group-hunting methods, pigments probably for body painting, symbolic objects and perhaps spoken language.”
“Most people today have genes inherited from Neanderthals, roughly 1-2% of their DNA.”
