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DNA from European fossils dating back 45,000 years offers new clues to how our species spread across the world.
Genomic sleuthing can determine how many generations have passed since a hybridization event. The oldest human genomes ever sequenced reveal that our Neandertal ancestry came from one “pulse” of interbreeding and pins down the timing.
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