Two independent studies with the genetic analysis of more than 300 ancient and modern humans reveal that interbreeding between both species began about 50,000 years ago and continued for 7,000 years.
During this period we inherit advantageous genes related to skin pigmentation and immune response
All modern humans except Africans carry a Neanderthal imprint in their DNA. Between 2 and 3% of our genes are the inheritance of that human species that dominated Eurasia for hundreds of thousands of years until its extinction and with…
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