Digging deeper into the past to discover the true origins of man
Figuring out whether humans and Neandertals have some common genetic connection is one of the great puzzle games in the field of paleoanthropology. The evidence has been conflicting, with a general tendency for scientists to believe that interbreeding of ancient humans Neandertals did not happen. Still, the puzzle is more complex than that. A fairly recent discovery in Siberia of what is labeled the Denisovan man added just one more piece in the form of a 41,000-year-old finger bone. By using DNA, scientists are now trying to connect humans, Neandertals and the Denisovan.
