Neanderthals and Homo sapiens may have interbred 100,000 years earlier than once thought | NYGazet

New analysis of a 140,000-year-old skull morphologically resembling modern humans and Neanderthals may be the earliest example of interbreeding between the two groups.

Animal stories History uncovered Genetics Ancient creatures See all topics Follow In a rocky outcrop on Mount Carmel, in what is now Israel, a group of ancient humans buried their dead about 140,000 years ago. Scientists uncovered the site, called Sk... [6857 chars]