Neanderthals and humans may belong to the same species, say scientists. It could rewrite the history of our evolution

Neanderthals and humans may belong to the same species, say scientists. It could rewrite the history of our evolution

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An employee of the Natural History Museum in London looks at model of a Neanderthal male. Will Oliver/PA Images/Getty Up until recently, the consensus was that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens were separate species. But most humans carry around 2% of Neanderthal DNA, challenging the view that we are…

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