One Gene Results in Major Differences Between Neanderthals & Modern Humans Brain Development
The first convincing proof that modern people had cognitive superiority over Neanderthals
About 400,000 years ago, the ancestors of modern humans and Neanderthals diverged into different lineages, with our ancestors staying in Africa and those who became Neanderthals migrating north into Europe. A large exodus of modern humans from Africa around 60,000 years ago brought the two species back into contact, and they interbred. Nowadays, contemp…
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