Ancestors or Relics? Neanderthals have long fascinated scientists and the general public alike. Are they our distant ancestors, or simply another branch of the human family tree that did not make it?

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In contrast, Neanderthals ... like new diseases and environmental changes. When early humans arrived in Eurasia from Africa they began interbreeding with Neanderthals, and this doomed Neanderthals to ...

The more we discover about our species' family tree, the harder it becomes to pinpoint when exactly Homo sapiens emerged, ...