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A pair of studies illuminates these humans’ long, hardscrabble existence B etween 400,000 and 45,000 years ago, Neanderthals had most of Eurasia to themselves, hunting large game, harvesting plants, expertly knapping stone tools, and fashioning clothing from animal skins. But their existence was precarious. Two new studies show many Neanderthals lived in small, far-flung groups; likely experienced significant inbreeding; and survived a close brush with ex- tinction about 75,000 years ago. One paper details genomic insights from a fragment of Nean- derthal bone just 2.5 centimeters in length. …
摘自《科学》(Science)第391卷 第6792期 · 2026年3月26日,Andrew Curry。仅引用开头一小段供了解文章,版权归原刊所有,全文请阅读原刊。