Neanderthals Interaction with Other Human Species in Altai Mountains (North Asia) during Middle Paleolithic

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1 Teaching Assistant – Egyptology Department Faculty of Archaeology - Cairo University - Egypt

2 Professor of Prehistory – Egyptology Department Faculty of Archaeology - Cairo University - Egypt

Abstract

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Some Neanderthal groups migrated out of Europe around 200 ka, and reached the Altai region in southwestern Siberia, as the easternmost boundary of the Neanderthal groups in Asia until now. During the last four decades, many human remains have been uncovered in Altai region. Morphological studies of some of these remains indicated that they belong to Homo neanderthalensis, which was also confirmed and supported by genetic studies. The Altai Mountains region has become of great importance and the focus of many researchers since 2010, when a new human species (Homo sapiens altaiensis or Denisovans) was discovered, who was living side by side with the Neanderthal groups in that region, which indicate that there were more than one species in Altai region. Thus, the aim of the current paper is at shedding more light on the nature of Neanderthals presence in the Altai region and their interaction with the other human species.
Keywords: Neanderthal - Altai region – Denisovans - Homo-sapeins - Genetic studies

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