Recent genetic evidence confirms that some interbreeding took place between Neandertals and H. sapiens sometime between 80,000 and 50,000.

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Recent genetic studies have shown that modern humans have inherited between 1-4% of their DNA from Neanderthals, indicating that interbreeding occurred between the two species at some point in the past. The estimated time frame for this interbreeding is between 80,000 and 50,000 years ago.

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