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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...
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...
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....
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...