Rewriting Human History: New Discoveries Reveal Ancient Human-Neanderthal Connections

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Modern humans have been interbreeding with Neanderthals for more than 200,000 years, an international team led by Josh Akey of Princeton University and Liming Li of Southeast University reports. Akey and Li identified an initial wave of contact around 200-250,000 years ago, another wave 100-120,000 years ago, and the largest one around 50-60,000 years ago. … Read more

Meteorite Chaos: How NASA InSight’s Seismic Data Is Rewriting Mars’ History

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Recent findings from the InSight mission suggest that Mars experiences 280 to 360 significant meteorite impacts per year, far exceeding previous estimates based on satellite images. This seismic approach offers a new way to date the surfaces of Mars and other planets. Credit: NASA/JPL – Caltech Seismic signals indicate Mars is hit by about 300 … Read more