While these early European humans were long seen as a species which we successfully dominated after leaving Africa, new studies show that only humans who interbred with Neanderthals went on to thrive, while other bloodlines died out. In fact, Neanderthal genes may have been crucial to our success by protecting us from new diseases we hadn't previously encountered.

Humans may not have survived without Neanderthals Far from triumphantly breezing out of Africa, modern humans went extinct many times before going on to populate the world, new studies have revealed. bbc.com/news/article ... 1/3

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