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Aethelflaed
Aethelflaed
@Aethelflaed@mstdn.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

#archaeology #science #history
An article is explaining that it is thought that Neanderthals and Early Humans were interbreeding over a larger area than previously thought. From wester Europe as far as Asia interbreeding led to Neanderthal DNA representing on average 2% of non-African genome today. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513892-neanderthals-and-early-humans-may-have-interbred-over-a-vast-area/

New Scientist

Neanderthals and early humans may have interbred over a vast area

We are getting a clearer sense of where and how often Homo sapiens and Neanderthals interbred, and it turns out the behaviour was much more common than we first thought
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