New Fossil Evidence Challenges Long-Held Beliefs About Neanderthal Origins

New study challenges the theory that Neanderthals originated after an evolutionary event that implied the loss of part of their genetic diversity. Neanderthals first appeared around 250,000 years ago, evolving from earlier European populations known as “pre-Neanderthals,” which lived across Eurasia between 500,000 and 250,000 years ago. For a long time, researchers believed Neanderthals underwent […] Read More