human evolution

Neanderthals and humans may be the same species, scientists say. It could rewrite the history of our evolution.

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An employee at the Natural History Museum in London looks at a model of a Neanderthal male.Will Oliver/PA Images/Getty Until recently, the consensus was that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens were separate species. But most humans carry about 2% of Neanderthal DNA, challenging the view that we are different. Other studies suggest that Neanderthals are not … Read more