Shared genes with Neanderthal relatives not unusual
Monday, October 31, 2011 - 14:31
in Paleontology & Archaeology
During human evolution our ancestors mated with Neanderthals, but also with other related hominids. In this week's online edition of PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences), researchers from Uppsala University are publishing findings showing that people in East Asia share genetic material with Denisovans, who got the name from the cave in Siberia where they were first found.