Skull Boosts Human, Neandertal Interbreeding Theory
 http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/08/07...

The Homo sapiens skull has a distinctive feature previously found only in Neandertals, providing further evidence of interbreeding between the two species, according to a new study.

The otherwise human skull has a groove at the base of the back of the skull, just above the neck muscle, that is ubiquitous in Neandertal specimens but has never been seen in the remains of a modern human.

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