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Neanderthal remains from the Altai Mountains contain human viruses, a team of researchers has found, suggesting that infectious diseases may have been transmitted between anatomically modern humans and our closest (extinct) cousins.

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neanderthal, virus, okladnikov cave, mousterian, denisova cave, neanderthal genome project, early modern human, neanderthals limited, denisovan, neanderthal extinction, marcelo briones
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Scientists Find Ancient Herpes in Neanderthal Bones