More research is examining how we carry the ‘genetic legacy’ of extinct human species

Photo caption: The Human Evolution exhibition at the Natural History Museum in London, England, is pictured April 27, 2022. Photo credit: Mike Kemp / In Pictures via Getty Images. Article by Laura Ungar, AP and Maddie Burakoff, AP. PBS News Hour – September 25, 2023.

Neanderthals live on within us. These ancient human cousins, and others called Denisovans, once lived alongside our early Homo sapiens ancestors. They mingled and had children. So some of who they were never went away — it’s in our genes. And science is starting to reveal just how much […]

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