We already know that when the big migration of homo sapiens came out of Africa into Europe 80,000 years ago, they interbred with Neanderthals. That's why most people on earth now had some vestiges of Neanderthal DNA. But more recent research shows the gene pool flowed the other way as well, and much earlier than we thought. Sequencing the genes of Neanderthals that died very long ago isn't easy, but it has yielded evidence that homo sapiens and Neanderthals interbred long, long before the big migration that saw homo sapiens take over the world. The key to this discovery is the Y chromosome, which had been very hard to find in Neanderthal remains. But when scientists finally found it, the results are astonishing. PBS Eons explains what we found.
Friday, November 18, 2022
Neandertals And Humans Met Way Earlier Than We Thought
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I'd like to buy a consonant for the title, Alex.
That's the video title. Neanderthal is spelled that way in a lot of places.
The species was first discovered in the Neandertal Valley in Germany. They spelled it "Neanderthal" until a language conference in 1901 when they officially dropped the "H." But that was only for German. The scientific community kept the "H." However, now some English speakers follow the newer German spelling even in scientific papers (which makes sense because the "H" isn't pronounced anyway.) I prefer "Neandertal" myself, but officially it's "Neanderthal" unless you're in Germany.
The moral is: you can learn a lot by following humor sites.
Thanks, Anonymous!
Miss C, I have seen only a blank area between the post title and your text for a couple of days now. I'm guessing that the missing link (pun intentional) is the PBS Eons video We Met Neandertals Way Earlier Than We Thought
Thanks, SnowMan! I think they re-uploaded it for some reason. I have the video back!
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