Sex between different types of ancient humans resulted in “genetic resistance”
Inverse· 2 days agoAround 45,000 years ago, anatomically modern humans expanding into the Pacific region encountered...
How a Single Gene Alteration May Have Separated Modern Humans from Predecessors
Newswise· 3 days agoAs a professor of pediatrics and cellular and molecular medicine at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, Alysson R. Muotri, PhD, has long studied how the brain develops and ...
Genomes of the earliest Europeans
Newswise· 5 days agoAn international research team has sequenced the genomes of the oldest securely dated modern humans in Europe who lived around 45,000 years ago in Bacho...
Mission Revival, Craftsman, storybook — L.A.’s home styles explained
Los Angeles Times· 4 days agoAdd to your list of the minor annoyances to blame on COVID-19 the fact that we’ve had to be...
Denisovan DNA may have aided Pacific migration - Cosmos Magazine
Cosmos· 3 days agoAn international team of scientists has delved into the genetics of the Pacific population to trace the history of human settlement across the vast region – with a few surprising results. By ...
Washington's latest political war? It's over 'Neanderthal thinking'
ABC News via Yahoo News· 1 month agoGreg Abbott and Mississippi GOP Gov. Tate Reeves of "Neanderthal thinking" for their decisions to...
Neanderthal Genetics May Explain Your Low Tolerance for Pain
Popular Mechanics via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA new paper published in Current Biology describes how a sodium channel inherited from Neanderthals...
Neanderthal genes linked to severe COVID-19; Mosquitoes cannot transmit the coronavirus
Reuters via Yahoo News· 7 months agoWhen they compared the genetic profiles of about 3,200 hospitalized COVID-19 patients and nearly...
From DNA, scientists create skull of Neanderthal cousin
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoScientists say they've deciphered features of the skull and some other details of a mysterious,...
UK variant linked to high viral loads, Neanderthal gene offers protection
Reuters via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe highly infectious COVID-19 coronavirus variant that has been circulating in Britain is linked to...