Neanderthal genome yields insights into human evolution and evidence of interbreeding

Friday, May 7, 2010 - 05:30 in Paleontology & Archaeology

After extracting ancient DNA from the 40,000-year-old bones of Neanderthals, scientists have obtained a draft sequence of the Neanderthal genome, yielding important new insights into the evolution of modern humans...

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