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The scientists also found this man carried a similar level of Neanderthal ancestry as presentday Eurasians. Their research suggests Neanderthal genes flowed into the ancestors of this
man 7,000 to 13,000 years before he lived.
These findings suggest modern humans and Neanderthals interbred approximately 50,000 to
60,000 years ago, "which is close to the time of the major expansion of modern humans out of
Africa and the Middle East," Kelso said.
Future research may strive to sequence the genomes "from even older human remains," Kelso
said. "We are also really interested in what functional implications the Neanderthal DNA in
present-day people might have had in the adaptation of present-day humans to their new
environments."
The scientists detailed their findings in the Oct. 23 issue of the journal Nature.