Homo sapiens and Neanderthals had sex and lived 5000 years.
The study of a jaw 40 thousand years found in Romania, revealed the presence of DNA corresponding to both species.
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| Homo sapiens and Neanderthals had sex and lived 5000 years. |
A new test on the crossing between Homo sapiens and Neanderthals, comes from DNA analysis conducted at a jaw 40 thousand years old, found in 2002 in a Romanian cave. The study suggests that both species coexisted in Europe for at least 5000 years, during which genetically crossed repeatedly.
Scientists estimate that the Neanderthal individual whose jaw analyzed ancestry goes back to 4 or 6 generations of your family tree, conclusive evidence that early modern humans arrived in Europe were mixed with Neanderthals already established in the territory.
"There is archaeological evidence that modern humans interacted with Neanderthals during the time they lived in Europe. Changes in technology tools to make the funeral rituals, and body decoration involving a cultural exchange between groups but we have very few Skeletons from this period, "Reich, one of the experts who participated in the study explains.
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