Neanderthal DNA Peaked 47,000 Years Ago

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Neanderthals, now extinct, are an archaic group of humans who primarily inhabited Eurasia and became extinct around 40,000 years ago.

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This group of primates started interbreeding with modern day humans around fifty thousand years ago, and this lasted for around seven thousand years.

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It has been revealed that this interbreeding between humans and neanderthals peaked around forty seven thousand years ago.

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This new revelation also implies that migration of modern day humans from Africa to Eurasian region began around 43,500 years ago.

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Recent excavations were carried out in Ranis, Germany which gave interesting insights on the lives of the oldest family of modern human beings.

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It has also been revealed that east Asians have significantly more presence of neanderthal genes than West Asians or Europeans.

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It has been shown that there are areas where human genomes were completely devoid of neanderthal genes and thus have been termed Neanderthal deserts.

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Neanderthal genes have been of significant help in the evolution of the immune system and also effects skin pigmentation and metabolism.

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Neanderthals survived in harsh conditions outside Africa, upon interbreeding with humans, their survival genes automatically passed down upon modern day human genomes.

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