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By Dr Tushar Chauhan October 09, 2022
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Neanderthals belong to the species Homo Neanderthalensis.
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They lived between Europe and southern West and central Asia between 400,000 to 40,000 years.
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The Neanderthal genome project was started in 2006 to sequence the entire genome from bone and tooth samples.
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The first draft sequence was published in 2013 and showed 99.7% and 98.8% genomic similarity between modern-day humans and chimpanzees, respectively.
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Studies show that Neanderthals are the closest extinct relatives of Modern humans and separated 400,000 years ago.
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Neanderthals were extinct around 30,000 years ago from Earth.
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The common ancestry of Neanderthals with modern-day humans are lived 80,000 years ago.
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The presence of the FOXP2 gene suggests that Neanderthals do have some basic communication skills such as modern-day humans.
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An average human possesses 2% Neanderthal DNA.
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