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Skhūl Child Fossil Shows Mixed Human–Neanderthal Traits, Pushing Interbreeding to 140,000 Years Ago

CT scans with comparative anatomy revealed Neanderthal-like internal cranial structures in a child’s skull that otherwise matches early Homo sapiens.

140,000-Year-Old Skhul Child Shows Mixed Traits, Pointing to Early Human–Neanderthal Interbreeding