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Neanderthals and humans interbred 47,000 years ago for nearly 7,000 years, research suggests
LiveScience· 8 hours agoNeanderthals were among the closest extinct relatives of modern humans (Homo sapiens), with the ancestors of both lineages diverging about 500,000 years ago. More than...interbred ...
Humans and Neanderthals only had sex for a brief period, but it still fundamentally changed our DNA
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoReuters/Nikola Solic In addition to ancient human DNA, the researchers also studied the genomes of...
Scientists have traced the origin of the modern horse to a lineage that emerged 4,200 years ago
AOL· 1 day agoThe horse transformed human history – and now scientists have a clearer idea of when humans began to transform the horse. Around 4,200 years ago, one particular lineage of ...
Records of Pompeii’s survivors have been found – and archaeologists are starting to understand how...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 14 hours agoBut the evidence that people could have escaped was always there. The eruption itself continued for...
Scientists discovered 50,000-year-old viruses in Neanderthal DNA that could help explain their...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 1 day agoResearch found signs of ancient viruses in Neanderthal DNA that they may have gotten from ancient...
Netflix's 'Hit Man' is based on a true story. Here's what the movie gets right and wrong about Gary...
Business Insider· 19 hours ago"Hit Man" is based on a 2001 news article about Gary Johnson, a phony hitman. Here's how accurate...
3 types of ultra-processed foods that may be healthier than homemade
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoHis seminal study, published in 2019 and conducted at the National Institutes of Health's human...
Deadly tornado in Livonia struck without warning
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 1 day agoMore tornadoes, especially weak ones, could be connected to better identification of them. But there is some research, the federal agency also said, to...
The thousand-year-old mystery of the giant snake found in drawings across the world
The Independent via Yahoo News· 4 days agoAs well as the 43-metre serpent, they include two 10-metre-tall human-like figures (which could be...
'Fossil viruses' embedded in the human genome linked to psychiatric disorders
Live Science via Yahoo News· 4 days agoLondon, told Live Science. HERVs are bits of viruses that have been woven into the human genome over...