研究指出，尼安德特人在欧洲和西亚生存了数十万年，直到约40000年前才逐渐消失。尽管如此，他们与来自非洲的智人相遇并发生杂交的时间为43500年前。这一点对于理解我们现代人类基因库的构成至关重要。

Our human evolution expert Professor Chris Stringer, who has been studying Neanderthals and Homo sapiens for about 50 years, tackles the big question of whether we belong to the same species. Everyone ...

A group of scientists has found clues in blood groups that explain how modern humans managed to survive and expand from Africa to the rest of the world. Published in the journal Scientific Reports, ...

migrating out of Africa interbred with Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis) in the Middle East. As a consequence of this encounter, modern populations outside Africa carry about 2–3% Neanderthal ...

When Homo neanderthalensis first came in contact with Homo sapiens around 50,000 years ago, in what’s now the Middle East, they encountered a host of diseases for which humans had no immunity for ...

At, one point, however, we shared this planet with several other hominin species, including Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis), Homo floresiensis (also known as the “Hobbits”), Homo ...

Homo erectus and Homo neanderthalensis. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of ...