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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...
Nobel win for Swede who unlocked secrets of Neanderthal DNA
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSwedish scientist Svante Paabo won the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for discoveries in human...
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...
Neanderthals and humans may belong to the same species, say scientists. It could rewrite the history...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 4 months agoAs we begin to unpick the history of human and Neanderthal evolution, new scrutiny is being placed...
If you're an early riser, you may have Neanderthal DNA to thank for it
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe cast of a Neanderthal skull is displayed in the Chemnitz State Museum of ArchaeologyHendrik...
If You Have the Hand Disorder Called 'Viking Disease,' Blame Your Neanderthal DNA
Popular Mechanics via Yahoo Finance· 10 months agoResearchers Link Viking Disease to NeanderthalsBombaert - Getty Images The hand disorder called...
Nobel Prize in medicine goes to Swedish scientist for discovering genome of extinct human ancestors
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSwedish geneticist Svante Pääbo has been awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for...
How Neanderthal DNA got ‘diluted’ among Europeans finally found
The Independent via Yahoo News· 7 months agoMingling of early Europeans with some of the first farmers from the ancient Middle East likely led...
Ancient DNA gives rare snapshot of Neanderthal family ties
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA new study suggests Neanderthals formed small, tightknit communities where females may have...
How interbreeding between humans and our Neanderthal cousins 40,000 years ago affects our health...
Business Insider· 11 months agoAn employee of the Natural History Museum in London looks at model of a Neanderthal male in his...