{"id":201551,"date":"2024-12-13T17:27:06","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T23:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/rewriting-evolution-study-shows-neanderthals-and-humans-were-not-the-same-species"},"modified":"2024-12-13T17:27:06","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T23:27:06","slug":"rewriting-evolution-study-shows-neanderthals-and-humans-were-not-the-same-species","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/rewriting-evolution-study-shows-neanderthals-and-humans-were-not-the-same-species","title":{"rendered":"Rewriting Evolution: Study Shows Neanderthals and Humans Were Not the Same Species"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/rewriting-evolution-study-shows-neanderthals-and-humans-were-not-the-same-species3.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>A study suggests that by the time <em>H. sapiens<\/em> expanded, the differentiation between the two species had progressed to the extent that they were distinct and recognizable as separate species.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A recent study conducted by researchers from London\u2019s Natural History Museum and the Institute of Philosophy at KU Leuven has strengthened the argument that Neanderthals and modern humans (<em>Homo sapiens<\/em>) should be classified as distinct species to more accurately trace our evolutionary history.<\/p>\n<p>Different researchers have different definitions as to what classifies as a species. It is undisputed that <em>H. sapiens<\/em> and Neanderthals originate from the same parental species, however studies into Neanderthal genetics and evolution have reignited the debate over whether they should be classed as separate from <em>H. sapiens<\/em> or rather a subspecies (<em>H. sapiens neanderthalensis<\/em>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A study suggests that by the time H. sapiens expanded, the differentiation between the two species had progressed to the extent that they were distinct and recognizable as separate species. A recent study conducted by researchers from London\u2019s Natural History Museum and the Institute of Philosophy at KU Leuven has strengthened the argument that Neanderthals [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":599,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,385,412],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-201551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-evolution","category-genetics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/599"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201551\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}