Eastern Neanderthals who lived ~120,000 years ago and Western Neanderthals ~60,000 years ago were as genetically differentiated as the most divergent modern human populations today.
A lot from one “unremarkable” bone!
Here's the full publication:
doi.org/10.1073/pnas... 4/4
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