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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· 2 weeks agoIllustration of an early modern man embracing a Neanderthal woman. They appear to be in a forest at...
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...
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· 2 weeks agoIllustration of a DNA double helix against a blue background. Two other helices can be seen blurred...
Neanderthals passed down their tall noses to modern humans, genetic analysis finds
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTwo skulls comparing the shape of nasal cavities. Neanderthals were equipped with tall noses that...
Could Neanderthals talk?
Live Science via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoClose-up image of a Neanderthal skull against a black background. Neanderthals were our closest human relatives, and they had many similarities with...
The mystery of the disappearing Neanderthal Y chromosome
Live Science via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoNon-Africans carry around 2% Neanderthal DNA in their genomes — yet there's one chromosome where DNA...
Neanderthals and humans may belong to the same species, say scientists. It could rewrite the history...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 5 months agoAs we begin to unpick the history of human and Neanderthal evolution, new scrutiny is being placed...
Some Neanderthals couldn't smell their own stink, suggests a new study recreating early humans'...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNew research suggests Neanderthals couldn't smell some things quite as well as humans.©Neanderthal...
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...