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'More Neanderthal than human': How your health may depend on DNA from our long-lost ancestors
LiveScience· 2 hours agoThere, these people would likely have encountered their distant cousins: Neanderthals. "In some...
10 unexpected ways Neanderthal DNA affects our health
LiveScience· 2 hours agoNeanderthals. Today, we can still see the genetic legacy of these interbreeding events:...
What's the difference between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens?
LiveScience· 2 hours agoNeanderthals were modern humans' closest relatives, and the two types of humans lived in many of the...
The mystery of the disappearing Neanderthal Y chromosome
LiveScience· 2 hours agoThis has left a telltale signature in the genomes of modern humans today, and this Neanderthal DNA...
Could Neanderthals talk?
LiveScience· 2 hours agoNeanderthals were our closest human relatives, and they had many similarities with anatomically modern humans. One of the most convincing pieces of evidence to support this ...
Oldest Known Human Viruses Discovered In 50,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Bones
IFLScience· 3 days agoDid viruses play a role in the extinction of Neanderthals? To make this finding, the team combed...
Scientists want to recreate ancient herpes virus found in Neanderthal DNA
Daily Express· 2 days ago"Herpesviruses, in particular, might have been a major cause forNeanderthal extinction," the report...
Reconstructed Realities: Bringing a Crushed 75,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Skull to Life
SciTechDaily· 6 days agoA new Netflix documentary, “Secrets of the Neanderthals,” has reconstructed the face of a...
Scientists discover oldest known human virus in 50,000 year old bones
UNILAD· 2 days agoThe remains are believed to date back over 50,000 years, and were discovered in Chagyrskaya cave in...
Five Best: Books on Breakthroughs in Biology
The Wall Street Journal· 23 hours agoIn “Who We Are and How We Got Here,” the geneticist David Reich draws on DNA evidence to describe events such as the long-ago migration of Asians who...
