Scientists studying the DNA of Neanderthals say they can find no evidence that this ancient species ever interbred with modern humans.
"There is no reason to believe they couldn't speak like us," said Prof Paabo.
"I don't think they became extinct due to something in their genome," he said.
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Scientists were actually able to pull apart the whole Neanderthal genome!
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Yay genetics! Thanks for posting, Asma!
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