“[This study] is looking at a huge cohort and at a different set of traits than have been directly analyzed before, many of which are nonmedical,” says evolutionary and computational geneticist Tony ...

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Our closest cousins, the Neanderthals, excelled at making stone tools and hunting animals, and survived the rigors of multiple ice ages. So why did they disappear 27,000 years ago? While ...

Neanderthals and Homo sapiens shared technology and customs in the Levant, shaping early human culture through cooperation.

The study determined that Neanderthals and modern humans interbred approximately 50,500 years ago, a process that lasted around 7,000 years.