Ancient DNA Reveals a Genetic Surprise in The Last Neanderthals - ScienceAlert
New genetic analysis of Neanderthal remains suggests that inbreeding was not the primary cause of their extinction. Researchers found that the last surviving populations in Europe were not as genetically compromised as previously theorized.
Why it matters
This finding challenges long-standing evolutionary theories regarding the disappearance of Neanderthals and improves our understanding of human ancestry.
Add ScienceAlert on Google A Neanderthal skull from Forbes' Quarry, Gibraltar. (AquilaGib/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0) Genetic deterioration may not have been the major cause of Neanderthal extinction, new evidence suggests.
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