Humans got immunity boost from Neanderthals, study finds

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Humans got immunity boost from Neanderthals, study finds 
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Neanderthals, as well as hominids known as Denisovans, contributed key types of immune genes still found in human populations, scientists say.
 
By Eryn Brown, Los Angeles Times
 
August 25 2011, 5:13 PM PDT
 
As recently as 2008, scientists thought that Neanderthals and modern humans had never mated. 
 
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