Understanding Our History: The Genetic Impact of Neanderthals and Early Humans.


Understanding Our History: The Genetic Impact of Neanderthals and Early Humans.

Reading

Read this text and listen to it at the same time. If you don’t know a word click it to see explanation, hear pronunciation or add it to vocabulary.
Understanding Our History: The Genetic Impact of Neanderthals and Early Humans.

Scientists studied old genes to find out when humans and Neanderthals met. They found out that humans and Neanderthals likely mixed around 45,000 years ago.

Humans came from Africa a long time ago and moved to other places like Europe. There they met Neanderthals and had babies, which changed our genes a little.

Scientists looked at a skull from a woman found in the Czech Republic and bones from Germany. These old pieces showed that humans and Neanderthals mixed around 45,000 years ago.

Another study found that Neanderthal genes helped humans survive outside Africa. These genes helped with things like our immune system and how our bodies use energy.

Today, some of our features, like skin and hair color, come from Neanderthals. Learning more about old genes helps us understand where we came from.


Questions

Answer the questions to the text. Speak or write, you choose. AI will assess your answers.

When did humans and Neanderthals likely mix?

Humans and Neanderthals likely mixed around 45,000 years ago.

Where did humans come from?

Humans came from Africa a long time ago.

How did Neanderthal genes help humans?

Neanderthal genes helped humans survive outside Africa, including our immune system and energy use.


Discuss

Discuss the text the AI teacher. The teacher will help you with vocabulary and grammar.

The artificial intelligence teacher has a lot of benefits. You don’t need to book any time slot. You don’t have to wait for the teacher to come to class. You can learn at any time. The teacher will never get bored and can keep a conversation on any related topic.

Read a new article every day and
discuss it with AI at lingolette.com
All content and tasks are generated by AI inspired by a real publication.