The crossing between Neardentales and Sapiens

It was determined by a study by the University of Tel Aviv and the National Center for Scientific Research in France. They found a combination of Neanderthal features and Homo Sapiens in the skeleton of a five -year -old boy who lived 140,000 years ago. It appeared in the cave Skhul del Monte Carmelo (Haifa, Israel). It is the proof of the crossing between Neandentales and Sapiens

"The fossil we study constitutes the oldest known physical evidence between Neanderthals and Homo Sapiens." It is affirmed by Professor Israel Hershkovitz from the University of Tel Aviv. Anthropologists attributed to a primitive Homo Sapiens group the fossils discovered in the Skhul cave. But they are the result of the continuous genetic infiltration of the local Neanderthal - and older - in the population of Homo Sapiens.

Comparing brains

The child's skull presents an intracranial blood supply system, a lower jaw and a typical inner ear structure of Neanderthals. But its general form resembles that of Homo Sapiens. Especially the curvature of the cranial vault. It was learned by recreating a precise three -dimensional model from the scan.

A three -dimensional reconstruction was made from the interior of the skull. They studied the structure of the blood vessels that surround the brain. The findings were published in the magazine 'L'Anthropologie'.

According to the University of Tel Aviv, for years it was believed that Neanderthals were a group that evolved in Europe. From there he migrated to Israel only 70,000 years ago after the progress of European glaciers. In 2021, Hershkovitz and his colleagues showed that the first Neanderthals lived in Israel 400,000 years ago. The pioneering study is published in the magazine 'Science'.

Crossing species

This human type crossed with Homo Sapiens groups that began to leave Africa about 200,000 years ago. According to the studies of the study published now, he crossed with them. In this way, the Skhul Cave Child proves the cross between Neardentales and Sapiens. It is the oldest fossil evidence in the world of social and biological ties forged between these two populations over thousands of years.