Genetic analysis of 40,000-year-old jawbone reveals early modern humans interbred with Neandertals
Monday, June 22, 2015 - 10:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
In 2002, archaeologists discovered the jawbone of a human who lived in Europe about 40,000 years ago. Geneticists have now analyzed ancient DNA from that jawbone and learned that it belonged to a modern human whose recent ancestors included Neanderthals.