Modern Humans intermingled with Neanderthals and Denisovans when they left Africa: Scientists
Modern humans had Neanderthals as their ancestors. But it was not as if the
break and distinction was a clean and one-time thing. There was a lot of
intermingling and interbreeding.
Homo sapiens intermingled with Neanderthals and Denisovans when they left
Africa. Wouldn't that require a lot of