Sex and Cohabitation Among Early Humans: Anthropological and Genetic Evidence for Interbreeding Among Early Humans

Sex and Cohabitation Among Early Humans: Anthropological and Genetic Evidence for Interbreeding Among Early Humans explores the available information regarding interbreeding among different ancestral human species. In addition, it reviews evidence in support of cohabitation as well as cultural and technological interactions and exchanges among early humans, particularly Neanderthal-sapiens interactions. The fields of archaeology, anthropology, genetics, linguistics, and molecular evolution have provided a wealth of information on the complex processes involved in human evolution.

Sex and Cohabitation Among Early Humans makes it clear that early humans experienced a multitude of interbreeding events involving different species and our species possesses imprints of some those events. This fascinating topic will appeal to those researching, studying, and interested in population genetics, evolutionary biology, human migrations, anthropology, and the beginnings of our species.

Readers will develop their knowledge of the complexity and multiplicity of hominims including Homo heidelbergensis, Homo sapiens, and Homo floresiensis. Moreover, they will reach a greater understanding of major topics such as introgression; migration from Africa; the origin, development, and extinction of Neanderthals; interbreeding between Neanderthals and humans; and trait continuity.