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40,000-year-old skull shows both modern human and Neandertal traits
01-15-2007 · EurekAlert!Humans continued to evolve significantly long after they were established in Europe, and interbred with Neandertals as they settled across the continent, according to new research published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA.
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