Separation between Neanderthal and Homo sapiens might have occurred 500,000 years earlier, DNA from teeth suggests
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 11:20
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The separation of Neanderthal and Homo sapiens might have occurred at least one million years ago, more than 500,000 years earlier than previously believed, according to recent research in Spain using DNA-based analyses of teeth and computer modeling.