You Are What You Eat: Neanderthals, Woolly Mammoths Apparently Shared Genetic Traits
You Are What You Eat: Neanderthals, Woolly Mammoths Apparently Shared Genetic Traits
10 April 2019, 7:05 am EDT By Naia Carlos Tech Times
Neanderthals have a lot more in common with woolly mammoths than just existing side by side with the creature in Europe during the Pleistocene epoch hundreds of thousands of years ago.
It may not look like it, but the two are linked on a very significant level genetically.
Study Reveals Similarities Between The Two
Mammoths evolved in Eurasia 600,000 years ago, while Neanderthals evolved in Europe 400,000 years ago. During the time the two mammals roamed the same environment, Neanderthals are believed to have consumed mammoths regularly.
However, this isn't the extent of the pair's relationship. Scientists find that the genetic profiles of these two extinct species also share molecular properties to adapt to cold surroundings.
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