DNA reveals Neandertals traveled thousands of kilometers into Asia
A fossil unearthed on Eastern Europe’s Crimean Peninsula has divulged the strongest genetic clues yet about Neandertals’ long-distance journeys into the heart of Asia. After identifying a bone fragment previously excavated at Crimea’s Starosele rock-shelter as Neandertal, researchers extracted bits of mitochondrial DNA from the find. That genetic material displays close links to corresponding DNA…
