[News & Analysis] Human Evolution: Oldest Homo sapiens Genome Pinpoints Neandertal Input

At a meeting, researchers announced the oldest sequenced genome of a modern human, taken from the thighbone of a man who lived in Siberia 45,000 years ago. The as-yet unpublished bone and genome are yielding new insight into when moderns interbred with our extinct cousins, the Neandertals.
Author: Ann Gibbons

Source: Science: This Week - March 28, 2014 Category: Science Authors: Ann Gibbons Tags: Human Evolution Source Type: research