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What would a hybrid look like? In a new research paper published this month, scientists revealed that a 5-year-old girl who lived 140,000 years ago was likely a Neanderthal-Homo sapiens hybrid.

Scientists Found a Human-Neanderthal Hybrid Who Lived Long After His People Went Extinct The ‘Lapedo Boy’ was found in 1998, but we only now figured out when he lived.

Scientists pinpoint age of suspected human-Neanderthal hybrid child The 'Lapedo Child' shares traits from both and has confounded scientists for close to 30 years. Andrew Paul Mar 7, 2025 2:00 PM EST ...

90,000 years ago, a young girl lived in a cave in the Altai mountains in southern Siberia. Her life was short; she died in her early teens, but she stands at a unique point in human evolution. She ...