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Identifying the Levant as a potential contact and interbreeding zone for Neanderthals and modern humans

2025-08-02

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Timing of interbreeding between modern humans and Neanderthals has been subject of numerous studies but its geography remains largely unknown. Genetic evidence suggests three different interbreeding events: first in the Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 7 (∼250 to 200 ka), then in the MIS5 (∼100 to 120 ka) and the final event in the MIS3 (∼60 to 50 ka). Here, we used all known archaeological sites between 60-50 ka associ...

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Literature Corpus work: 7e070a2f-c61d-5611-b0e1-99461384b582
DOI: 10.1101/2025.08.02.668257

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