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Senior study author Dr. Israel Hershkovitz says Neanderthals and Homo sapiens may have interbred nearly 100,000 years earlier than once thought.

Earliest evidence of interbreeding between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens discovered

Mindy Weisberger, CNN August 28, 2025

(CNN) — In a rocky outcrop on Mount Carmel, in what is now Israel, a group of ancient humans buried their dead about 140,000 years ago. Scientists uncovered the site, called Skhul Cave, in 1928, and...

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