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Riel-Salvatore study cited as alternative explanation in Neanderthal extinction
Assistant professor of anthropology Julien Riel-Salvatore, has gotten a lot of press for his recent publications examining shared DNA sequencing of ancient Neanderthal and modern human populations. His studies have indicated that Neanderthal genes make up from 1 to 4 percent of the genome of modern humans, which would indicate that early humans and Neanderthals may have inter-bred before Neanderthals became extinct.
Neanderthals were dying out before humans arrived Discovery News, Mar 29
Deans Notes RSS | 186 views | April 5, 2012 issueCategories: | Department of Anthropology | CLAS Faculty | Archive: CLAS Spotlight
