Neanderthal hand fossils from a Spanish cave preserved 46,000-year-old DNA

Archaeologists in northern Spain have pulled DNA from the hand bones of a Neanderthal man who died about 46,000 years ago. The six fragments came from Abauntz Cave in Navarre. The team also got direct radiocarbon dates from the bones, a rare result for remains this old. They’re the first Neanderthal fossils found in the […]

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