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Yet despite this closeness, Neanderthals' (Homo neanderthalensis) and Homo sapiens ' lineages diverged sometime between 400,000 and 800,000 years ago, and the two species differed...
Neanderthals are an extinct species of ancient humans who lived 350,000 to 40,000 years ago, while homo sapiens are modern humans. For a long time, many people believed that we evolved from Neanderthals, but they’re actually one of our most recent relatives and lived alongside early humans.
Neanderthals are Homo sapiens’s closest-known relative, and today we know we rubbed shoulders with them for thousands of years, up until the very end of their long reign some 40,000...
Neanderthals have been historically classified as a separate species from Homo Sapiens as there was no evidence suggesting sexual interaction between the two. However, recent studies suggest Neanderthals might be a subspecies to Sapiens and not an entirely different species.
Critics who disagree that H. neanderthalensis and H. sapiens are two separate species can now cite supporting evidence from recent genetic research. This indicates that the two interbred with each other when they met outside Africa about 55,000 years ago.
Neanderthals had a longer, lower skull with a bonier forehead and a less-pronounced chin than H. sapiens, for example, and their bodies were stockier. Because of this, in 1864, Neanderthals were...
Based on fossils and artifacts, archaeologists try to understand the differences between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens. (Credit: Petr Student/Shutterstock) If you met a Neanderthal, the first thing you might notice is that your hominin cousin was a bit shorter than your average human.