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Except for One Line: 65,000 Years Ago, All European Neanderthals Were Extinct.

Scientists said that before the Neanderthals were extinct, these ancient people had experienced a massive "version" that left only one of their genetic lines in Europe, then spread across the continent, reports Live Science. The Neanderthals were one of the closest relatives of modern people, and these lines were divided about 500,000 years ago. Some Neanderthals lived all over Eurasia, but they are believed to have died about 40,000 years ago.
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The Neandertalians disappeared about 34,000 years ago. They lived in small groups scattered over vast territories. However, the extent of their genetic isolation remained unknown. The new data reveal a much stronger separation than imagined. This makes it necessary to review their evolutionary trajectory. Two Neandertalians from the same cave separated by 10,000 years shared a common ancestor In 2011, archaeologists extracted a tiny fragment of …

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Scientists said that before the Neanderthals were extinct, these ancient people had experienced a massive "version" that left only one of their genetic lines in Europe, then spread across the continent, reports Live Science. The Neanderthals were one of the closest relatives of modern people, and these lines were divided about 500,000 years ago. Some Neanderthals lived all over Eurasia, but they are believed to have died about 40,000 years ago.

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A genetic study conducted in Denisova's cave reveals family continuity over millennia, but also the extreme isolation of these small human groups, marked by high inbreeding.

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Denisova's cave, nestled in the Altai Mountains of Siberia, has never ceased to reveal its secrets. The analysis of a tiny 110,000-year-old fragment of dios has given scientists the fourth complete genome of a Neanderthalian never sequenced. This unique genetic portrait reveals a stupefying relationship between two individuals who do not [...]

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SciencePost broke the news in on Monday, March 30, 2026.
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