Assertion: modern human | /r/CapableOf | interbreed with neanderthal
Facets:
value: with the mysterious ancient hominins
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Modern Europeans typically have about 2 percent Neanderthal DNA, which also supports the idea that modern humans interbred with Neanderthals.
text: While the new study confirms that modern humans interbred at least three times with ancient hominins—once with Neanderthals, and twice with the Denisovans—it also raises the possibility of even more extensive intermixing on the part of our ancient ancestors.
text: Like other recent discoveries that have expanded scientists’ understanding of human evolution (including the revelation that modern humans interbred not only with Neanderthals but with the mysterious ancient hominins known as Denisovans), Homo luzonensis and its distinct blend of features suggests the evolution of the Homo genus took many more twists and turns than previously believed.