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'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...
Mystery of when smallpox first infected humans finally decoded by scientists
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSmallpox has plagued humans since ancient Egyptian times, 2,000 years earlier than previously...
Nightmare fish may explain how our 'fight or flight' response evolved
Live Science via Yahoo News· 2 months agoClose up of a lampreys circular mouth full of teeth pressed up against the glass of a fish tank....
Multiple sclerosis is more common among white Europeans. Researchers studying ancient DNA may have...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 5 months agoResearchers have traced genetic susceptibility to multiple sclerosis to a population of herders who...
Papua New Guineans, genetically isolated for 50,000 years, carry Denisovan genes that help their...
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 month agoGenes inherited from Denisovans, extinct human relatives, may help Papua New Guineans in the...
Could bats hold the secret to beating Covid and cancer?
The Independent via Yahoo News· 9 months agoBats could hold the key to unlocking new ways to combat cancer, a new study suggests. A paper...
Svante Pääbo, the 2022 Nobel laureate in medicine, helped humans understand their origins
Quartz via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoThis year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to Swedish geneticist Svante Pääbo. The prestigious...
MRI Shoots Woman, a Betelgeuse Eclipse, and More Top Science News of the Week
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 6 months agoOur most-read science stories this week contain a few timeless life lessons. One, don’t go into an...
Can New York achieve clean energy goals while protecting wildlife?
Gannett via AOL· 1 month agoFor bats, rock crevice roost sites across Central New York are prime habitat. It gives the animals...
The couple trying to keep killer ‘zombie viruses’ at bay – and protect us from another pandemic
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 4 months agoJean-Michel Claverie was already at retirement age when he travelled to Siberia to hunt for ancient...