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We carry DNA from extinct cousins like Neanderthals. Science is now revealing their genetic legacy
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 8 months agoNeanderthals live on within us. Using the new and rapidly improving ability to piece together...
'More Neanderthal than human': How your health may depend on DNA from our long-lost ancestors
Live Science via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoIllustration of an early modern man embracing a Neanderthal woman. They appear to be in a forest at...
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...
How interbreeding between humans and our Neanderthal cousins 40,000 years ago affects our health...
Business Insider· 12 months agoAn employee of the Natural History Museum in London looks at model of a Neanderthal male in his...
Mysterious 'Viking disease' linked to Neanderthal DNA
Live Science via Yahoo News· 12 months agoHand lying palm up on white foreground with pinky bent upward Neanderthal genes may be one cause of...
Early risers may have inherited a faster body clock from Neanderthals
CNN via Yahoo News· 6 months agoEarly risers may have inherited genetic variants from Neanderthals that increase the odds that they...
Swedish geneticist wins Nobel medicine prize for decoding ancient DNA
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSTOCKHOLM/LONDON (Reuters) -Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology...
Why do some groups of people today have more Neanderthal DNA than others? A new study offers answers
CNN via Yahoo News· 8 months agoMost humans alive today can trace a very small percentage of their DNA to Neanderthals. However,...
Our *Homo sapiens* ancestors shared the world with Neanderthals, Denisovans and other types of...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHundreds of thousands of years ago, our *Homo sapiens* ancestors shared the landscape with multiple...