Humans and Neandertals interbred, new method confirms
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 - 13:01
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Technical objections to the idea that Neandertals interbred with the ancestors of Eurasians have been overcome, thanks to a new genome analysis method. The technique can more confidently detect the genetic signatures of interbreeding than previous approaches and will be useful for evolutionary studies of other ancient or rare DNA samples.