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7,500-Year-Old "Neanderthal-Human Hybrid" Skull Turns Out To Be Something Different

Summary by IFLScience
Modern humans and Neanderthals did produce hybrid offspring, but it's unclear if a frontal bone from Germany belonged to one of them.

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For almost half a century a fragment of human skull found on the banks of the Elbe River, near the German town of Hahnöfersand, has been the protagonist of an intense scientific debate. Discovered in March 1973 during the construction of a dam, this well-preserved frontal bone without a safe archaeological context was initially dated [...]

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IFLScience broke the news on Monday, April 20, 2026.
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