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Neanderthals and humans likely mixed and mingled during a narrow time frame 45,000 years ago, scientists reported Thursday.

DNA from European fossils dating back 45,000 years offers new clues to how our species spread across the world.

Homo sapiens began in Africa but Neanderthals were Eurasian. Any miscegenation would have happened after sapiens left its homeland to embark on its conquest of the world. But the details were unclear.

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Most present-day humans carry a small amount of Neandertal DNA that can be traced back to a single period of interbreeding, two genetic analyses find.

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A lost race of humans arrived in Europe more than 45,000 years ago before mysteriously dying out, leaving no descendants, a ...