Science is ever evolving, just like the human race | Kenan Malik

Scientific knowledge, whether about a human species or the planets, is powerful because it is provisional and cumulativeFor the past decade, scientists have thought that DNA sequences from Neanderthals were found only in non-African populations. Neanderthals, a human species that died out around 40,000 years ago, lived mainly in Europe and parts of Asia.AsHomo sapiens migrated from Africa into Europe and Asia some 70,000 years ago, the two species mingled. Roughly 2% of the genomes of modern European and Asian populations isinherited from Neanderthals. But sub-Saharan Africans, it was believed, possessed no Neanderthal DNA.Continue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 16, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Kenan Malik Tags: Science Neanderthals Anthropology Astronomy Space UK news Source Type: news