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The whole story gets more and more interesting and complex over time as we uncover it. No single "missing link." No simplistic story of homo sapiens coming in a
by trevize1138 5y ago
The whole story gets more and more interesting and complex over time as we uncover it. No single "missing link." No simplistic story of homo sapiens coming in and wiping out neanderthals. A recent documentary I saw painted this very messy picture of migration in-and-out of various parts of Eurasia, back to Africa, back out and a general genetic mixing all-around. Overall modern humans out-competed neanderthals but also bred with them and that DNA shows up in many of us today.
- trinsic2 5y agoCan you post some info on that doc? Fascinating stuff.
- stevenwoo 5y agoThis was covered via a historic overview of genetics in Carl Zimmer's 2018 book She Has Her Mother's Laugh towards the end as he puts it all together and explains how scientists figured it out. IIRC some neanderthal and denisova bones still had DNA material.
- robwwilliams 5y agoOf course that does not make it any less messy or bloody. One sex for killing, one sex for continuity.