First-ever genetic analysis of a Neanderthal family paints a fascinating picture of a close-knit community
- Written by: Laurits Skov, Postdoctoral research associate, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
A Neanderthal father and his daughter.Tom Björklund, Author providedOur closest evolutionary relatives, the Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis), were once spread across Europe and as far east as the Altai Mountains in southern Siberia.
Yet more than 160 years since the first Neanderthal fossils were unearthed in Europe, little is known about...