However, new research shows that humans that interbred with Neanderthals went on to thrive, whereas other bloodlines died out. Genes passed on to humans from Neanderthals were in fact crucial to ...

The study determined that Neanderthals and modern humans interbred approximately 50,500 years ago, a process that lasted around 7,000 years. This timeline aligns with archaeological evidence ...

Thousands of years later, humans moving into East Asia interbred with Denisovans. The 50,000- to 65,000-year-old remains of a Neanderthal in Vindija Cave, Croatia, gave researchers their first look at ...