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Article: Humans and Neanderthals split about 300,000 to 400,000 years ago
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- The Hindustan Times
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- March 18, 2008
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Washington, March 18 -- A new study has determined that gradual changes in human skull size and shape suggest a split between humans and Neanderthals about 300,000 to 400,000 years ago.
According to a report in National Geographic News, the study, done by researchers from University of California Davis, provides the first estimate a divergence date for modern humans and Neanderthals based on the rate of change of physical characteristics.
The researchers said that just as DNA changes accumulate over time and provide a kind of "molecular clock" by which the separation of closely related species can be dated, evolved ...