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Our inner Neanderthal
2013
MUSE - The Science Museum
Trento, Italy
For tens of thousands of years Homo neanderthalensis has shared Europe with our species, Homo sapiens; then, about 30 thousands of years ago got extinct without leaving any descendants (so it seems). But his memory is still conserved inside us: our DNA is, in fact, for the most part shared with his. He’s our closest hominin cousin.
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- Title: Our inner Neanderthal
- Date Created: 2013
- Location: Muse, Trento, Italy
- Photographer: Matteo De Stefano
- Object Name: Homo neanderthalensis
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