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Scientists Sequenced the ‘Last Neanderthal’s’ DNA—and It Alters Human History

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Paleoanthropologist Ludovic Slimak made a remarkable discovery at Grotte Mandrin , a cave in Rhône Valley , France .

Slimak determined that this particular Neanderthal lived 42,000 years ago , towards the end of that species’ time on this planet.

As such, Slimak and his colleagues had Thorin ’s genome analyzed.