fossilesqueM to ArchaeologyEnglish · 11 months agoHow long did Neanderthals and modern humans co-exist in Europe? Evidence is growing it may have been at least 10,000 yearstheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down11
arrow-up129arrow-down1external-linkHow long did Neanderthals and modern humans co-exist in Europe? Evidence is growing it may have been at least 10,000 yearstheconversation.comfossilesqueM to ArchaeologyEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·11 months agoWe have traces in the modern population. I meant remains of a homind with like 10-50% neanderthal DNA. We can get a pretty good time estimate for when the crossbreeding happened with that. Which would tell us when they were interacting. We know it happened multiple times, it’s just any remains are rare so we might not find any that close.
We have traces in the modern population.
I meant remains of a homind with like 10-50% neanderthal DNA.
We can get a pretty good time estimate for when the crossbreeding happened with that. Which would tell us when they were interacting.
We know it happened multiple times, it’s just any remains are rare so we might not find any that close.