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Did you know our ancient family tree has some surprising branches? For a long time, scientists thought that modern humans, Homo sapiens, and our close cousins, Neanderthals, only started mixing about 50,000 to 60,000 years ago. This was based on fossil and genetic evidence suggesting they met and mingled after Homo sapiens migrated out of … Read more
Did you know that our journey as humans isn’t just our own story? For a long time, we thought Homo sapiens were the only game in town as we spread across the globe. But science has shown us something incredible: we’ve got ancient DNA from extinct human relatives like Neanderthals and Denisovans mixed into our … Read more
Did you know our ancient family tree has some surprising branches? For a long time, scientists thought that Homo sapiens, our species, only started interbreeding with Neanderthals much later in our history. But some fascinating new research is shaking things up, suggesting this didn’t just happen, it happened way earlier than we previously believed. Think … Read more