Abstract
Humans moved northward when it became too hot and arid. Before that, we spent a few hundred thousand years evolving to the conditions of Africa (Hajdinjak et al., 2018). Our bones, genes, and skills were all honed to ensure survival in a particular climate, so when that climate began to change, the evolutionary traits that developed through years of mutations suddenly became deficient. It forced us to move in droves to Western Eurasia, where we found some comfort in the cooler weather (Slimak et al., 2024). We also found another species of human: the Neanderthal.
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Patel, Parth
(2025)
"A Tragic Love Story Neanderthal-Human Interbreeding,"
Osmosis Magazine: Vol. 2025:
Iss.
2, Article 15.
Available at:
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/osmosis/vol2025/iss2/15