It is known that Neanderthals and modern humans descended from the same evolutionary branch. Our genome is 99.7% similar.
About 600 thousand years ago, our ancestors split into two parts. Those who later became known as Homo neanderthalensis set out to explore Eurasia. Homo sapiens remained in Africa for several hundred millennia.
However, then the sapiens, following their cousins, also went to another continent. Now archaeologists and anthropologists are investigating how these two species coexisted in the same territories, reports sciencealert.com.
Both
Neanderthals and sapiens were skilled hunters, good fighters, and good
organization skills. However, due to the structural features of the
body, the ancestors of modern people were more prolific....<<<Read More>>>...
