Earliest interbreeding event between ancient human populations discovered
Thursday, February 20, 2020 - 14:40
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The study documented the earliest known interbreeding event between ancient human populations-- a group known as the "super-archaics" in Eurasia interbred with a Neanderthal-Denisovan ancestor about 700,000 years ago. The event was between two populations more distantly related than any other recorded.