Human bones unearthed from a German cave have altered the timeline of ancient human history

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Ancient human bone fragment against a black background with 1 cm ruler for scale
Researchers extracted ancient human bone fragments from the Ilsenhöhle cave in Ranis, Germany.

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Most of us have a bit of Neanderthal DNA, with some more than others. Scientists think they've figured out why.

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A child stands nose to nose with a model of a Neanderthal at the Neanderthal Museum in Germany.

Neanderthal Museum (Mettman, Germany)

Our human ancestors were almost wiped out about 930,000 years ago, leaving just a tiny group of reproductive individuals, new study suggests

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View of a skull of an adult Homo heidelbergensis found in Spain in 1992 sits on display at the Museum of Human Evolution in 2010.
View of a skull of an adult Homo heidelbergensis found in Spain in 1992 sits on display at the Museum of Human Evolution in 2010.

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