| Neandertals show
staying power in Europe
These heavily
built relatives of modern humans lived in the same region inhabited by
modern humans for at least several thousand years, which is plenty of
time for extensive interbreeding.
References:
Smith, F.H., E.
Trinkaus, et al. 1999. Direct radiocarbon dates for Vindija G1
and Velika Pecina Late Pleistocene hominid remains. Proceedings of
the National Academy of Sciences 96(Oct. 26):12281.
Further Readings:
Bower, B. 1999. Fossil may expose humanity’s hybrid roots.
Science News 155(May 8):295.
Sources:
Fred H. Smith
Northern Illinois University
Department of Anthropology
DeKalb, IL 60115
Erik Trinkaus
Washington University
Department of Anthropology
Campus Box 1114
St. Louis, MO 63130
From Science
News, Vol. 156, No. 18, October 30, 1999, p. 277. Copyright © 1999,
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