Scientists have established the exact places where humans and Neanderthals interbred

Scientists have finally been able to pinpoint the places where modern humans and Neanderthals interacted and interbred. A new study based on genetic data points to several regions in Europe and Asia where the two species had contact.

The researchers studied the DNA of Neanderthals and modern humans and were able to create a more accurate map showing the locations of such interactions. One of the key areas was the south of Europe and Siberia, where human populations could actively interact with Neanderthals for several millennia.

These findings help to better understand the evolutionary process and the origin of modern humans, since genetic traces of Neanderthals are present in many modern humans.