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Neanderthal DNA may shape how sensitive you are to pain, genetic analysis shows
Live Science via Yahoo News· 8 months agoScientists studied genetic samples from more than 7,000 people and linked three genetic variants,...
10 unexpected ways Neanderthal DNA affects our health
Live Science via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoIllustration of a DNA double helix against a blue background. Two other helices can be seen blurred...
Head lice DNA discovery reveals new details about first Americans
CNN via Yahoo News· 7 months agoHead lice have been constant, if unwanted, human companions. The parasites are rich sources of...
Why haven’t KU, others returned hundreds of Native American remains to Kansas tribes?
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe remains of at least 271 Native Americans were found in storage on the University of Kansas...
Opinion: Genealogy research reveals the U.N. beneath our skins
Corpus Christi Caller-Times via Yahoo News· 9 months agoWe think of America as the great melting pot where every nation, culture, language, and religion in...
Neanderthals and humans interbred 47,000 years ago for nearly 7,000 years, research suggests
Live Science via Yahoo News· 2 days agoModel skeletons of a neanderthal and human. Neanderthal genes seen in modern humans may have entered...
Actually, Our Noses Come From Neanderthals, Researchers Claim
Popular Mechanics via AOL· 1 year agoOur Noses Come From Neanderthals, Researchers SayVICTOR HABBICK VISIONS - Getty Images Researchers...
What head lice can tell us about human migration
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 7 months agoHumans and lice have coevolved for thousands of years. The oldest human louse known to scientists is a 10,000 year-old specimen from Brazil. Reviled the...
New Gene-Editing Treatments, Explained
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 6 months ago(Illustration of sickle-cell anemia from Getty Images) The FDA recently approved two new treatments for an ancient scourge, sickle-cell anemia. Vertex...
Head lice invaded the Americas alongside the 1st humans
Live Science via Yahoo News· 7 months agoA genetic analysis of head lice that have evolved in tandem with humans has revealed two distinct...