<i>Homo Sapiens</i> Jaw (IMAGE)

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<i>Homo Sapiens</i> Jaw

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DNA taken from a 40,000-year-old modern human jawbone reveals that this man had a Neandertal ancestor as recently as four to six generations back.

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MPI f. Evolutionary Anthropology/ Paabo

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