The most complete sequence to date of the Neanderthal genome, using DNA extracted from a woman's toe bone that dates back 50,000 years, reveals a long history of interbreeding among at least four different types of early humans living in Europe and Asia at that time, according to University of California, Berkeley, scientists.
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Neanderthals Buried Their Dead, New Research of Remains Concludes
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131216154328.htm
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Discovery of 1.4 Million-Year-Old Fossil Human Hand Bone Closes Human Evolution Gap
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131216154902.htm
