Nat'l Geographic -Neanderthals

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  1. interbreed
    breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties
    The study uncovered the first solid genetic evidence that "modern" humans—or Homo sapiens —interbred with their Neanderthal neighbors, who mysteriously died out about 30,000 years ago.
  2. interspecies
    arising or occurring between species
    The results could stem from a Neanderthal-modern human one-night stand or from thousands of interspecies assignations, he said.
  3. genome
    the full DNA sequence of an organism
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    Photograph by Joe McNally, National Geographic

    Croatia's Vindija cave, where Neanderthal bones used to assemble genome were found.
  4. sapiens
    of or relating to or characteristic of Homo sapiens
    The study uncovered the first solid genetic evidence that "modern" humans—or Homo sapiens —interbred with their Neanderthal neighbors, who mysteriously died out about 30,000 years ago.
  5. Melanesia
    the islands in the southwestern part of Oceania
    For another thing, Neanderthals never lived in China or Papua New Guinea, in the Pacific region of Melanesia, according to the archaeological record.
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