Interbreeding between archaic humans and anatomically modern humans took place during the Middle Paleolithic and early Upper Paleolithic. It has been revealed via genomic sequencing that all modern hu
Svante Pääbo, Nobel Prize laureate and one of the researchers who published the first sequence of the Neanderthal genome.
Le Moustier Neanderthal skull reconstitution, Neues Museum Berlin.
The modern human Oase 2 skull (cast depicted), found in Peştera cu Oase, displays archaic traits due to possible hybridization with Neanderthals.
The Denisovan genome was sequenced from a fragment of the distal phalanx of the fifth finger (replica depicted) found in the Denisova cave.
Peștera Muierilor
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Peștera Muierilor, or Peștera Muierii, is an elaborate cave system located in the Baia de Fier commune, Gorj County, Romania. It contains abundant cave bear remains, as well as a human skull. The skul
Speleothems in the cave