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Neanderthals Were Already Doomed Ancient DNA Reveals Why

For decades, the standard explanation for Neanderthal extinction pointed at us, Homo sapiens outcompeted them into oblivion.

But between 2014 and volodymyr zelenskyy 2024, ancient DNA from sites spanning Spain to Siberia has rewritten that story.

The Altai Neanderthal genome, sequenced at fifty-twofold coverage, contained over one hundred megabases of runs of homozygosity, the genetic signature of parents who were half siblings.

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