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Skull suggests interbreeding of Neanderthal, modern man
By Randolph E. Schmid The Associated Press
Article Last Updated: 01/15/2007 11:54:22 PM MST

Washington - A skull found in a cave in Romania includes features of both modern humans and Neanderthals, possibly suggesting that the two may have interbred thousands of years ago.
Neanderthals were replaced by early modern humans. Researchers have long debated whether the two groups mixed together, though most doubt it. The last evidence for Neanderthals dates from at least 24,000 years ago.

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