Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Study Confirms 3 Distinct Sub-Groups Of Neanderthals

Research by Fabre et al. (2009) in Genetic Evidence of Geographical Groups among Neanderthals using models from genetics, demography and paleoanthropology confirms that there are 3 distinct sub-groups of Neanderthals; ones in Western Europe, Southern Europe and Western Asia. The size of the three populations was not constant, possibly indicating migration between populations.

Read the press release and article from PLoS ONE: Genetic Evidence of Geographical Groups among Neanderthals

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