Modern man had sex with Neanderthals - Telegraph - The Diigo Meta page

• 06 Nov 09
  

  Clay Burell

  neanderthals evolution

• 26 Oct 09
  

  Khaled Al-Sebaei

  science evolution anthropology neanderthals

  • "I'm sure that they had sex, but did it give offspring that contributed
    to us? We will be able to answer quite vigorously with the new [Neanderthal
    genome] sequence."
  • The phenomenon is already seen in modern animals such as horses and zebras,
    and lions and tigers, but resulting offspring have always been infertile.
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  • • In recent years, fossils with both Neanderthal and modern human features have
      been found suggesting the two species interbred but previous scans of
      Neanderthal genes reveal Neanderthal DNA to have a very different make-up to
      modern man's.
    • Neanderthals were primitive beings that lived alongside modern man 30,000
      years ago. The two species coexisted for 10,000- 12,000 years before
      Neanderthals eventually died out.
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  Matthew Tedder

  ancient evolution mind

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