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Scientists say that Neanderthals and humans may belong to the same species. It could rewrite the history of our evolution.

An employee of the Natural History Museum in London looks at a model of a Neanderthal man.Will Oliver/PA Images/Getty Until recently, there was consensus that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens were separate species. But most people carry around 2% of Neanderthal DNA, challenging the notion that we are different. Other research suggests that Neanderthals were not… Read More »