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The demise of Easter Island's native civilization involved more than destruction of an isolated environment's fragile ecosystem.

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The fossilized bones represent the first partial skeleton assembled for a juvenile Homo naledi.

Born 90,000 years ago, the child is the first direct evidence of interbreeding among Neanderthals and their cousins the Denisovans.

Genetic surprises pulled from 120,000-year-old bones showcase the nuanced history of this close human relative.