Bulgarian cave remains reveal surprises about earliest Homo sapiens in Europe
The Hindu
The new study suggests interbreeding was more common than previously known for the first Homo sapiens in Europe.
(Subscribe to Science For All, our weekly newsletter, where we aim to take the jargon out of science and put the fun in. .) DNA extracted from remains found in a Bulgarian cave of three people who lived roughly 45,000 years ago is revealing surprises about some of the first Homo sapiens populations to venture into Europe, including extensive interbreeding with Neanderthals and genetic links to present-day East Asians. Scientists said on Wednesday they sequenced the genomes of these three individuals — all males — using DNA obtained from a molar and bone fragments discovered in Bacho Kiro Cave near the town of Dryanovo, as well as one female who lived roughly 35,000 years ago at the same site.More Related News

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