Traces of Neanderthal DNA extracted from cave dust by powerful new technique reveals how European tribe living in Spanish cave was replaced by East Asians 100,000 years ago
The DNA was extracted using a new technique that allows researchers to bypass bones and fossils if there aren t any available
The caves were in the Galeria de las Estatuas cave site in Burgos, Spain and the Chagyrskaya and Denisova caves in the Altai Mountain range in Russia
More than 150 samples were analyzed
It could open up large parts of human history for genetic analysis that were not previously available
Prehistoric DNA detected in caves reveals secrets of Neanderthal history
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