Ancient Bone Reveals Surprising Sex Lives Of Neanderthals
Genomic sequencing reveals new evidence of interbreeding among different groups of our ancient relatives. A scientist calls the find "almost too lucky to be true."
In the Altai mountains of southern Siberia, there's a cave that was inhabited for millennia. It's called Denisova, and it shelters something remarkable: the bones of different types of ancient human relatives.
Back in 2010, researchers analyzed a fossilized pinky finger bone found in the cave, and of the human family tree. They were dubbed Denisovans: a group of now-extinct hominins genetically different from
