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If you're an early riser, you may have Neanderthal DNA to thank for it
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe cast of a Neanderthal skull is displayed in the Chemnitz State Museum of ArchaeologyHendrik...
Humans faced a 'close call with extinction' nearly a million years ago
Live Science via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe human population may have lingered at about 1,300 for more than 100,000 years, and that...
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...
India's evolutionary past tied to huge migration 50,000 years ago and to now-extinct human relatives
Live Science via Yahoo News· 3 months agoClose-up image of a group of four Indian children (with the face of another more blurred behind...
Neanderthal and Denisovan DNA Discovered in Ancient South Americans
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 2 years agoScientists investigating the genomes of ancient South Americans have made a surprising discovery:...
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...
The early ancestors of humans were reduced to 1,300 individuals and came close to extinction,...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThis evolutionary bottleneck might have led to the emergence of a new species, Homo...
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...
Modern humans arose after 2 distinct groups in Africa mated over tens of thousands of years
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA Nama girl in Northern Cape province, South Africa. She wears a white shirt and a black skirt with...
Early riser? You could have Neanderthal DNA
The Independent via Yahoo News· 6 months agoPeople who go to bed early and wake up early are likely to share the same DNA as Neanderthals and another extinct relative, research suggests. The...