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50,000-year-old Neanderthal bones harbor oldest-known human viruses
LiveScience· 55 minutes agoNeanderthals who lived 50,000 years ago were infected with three viruses that still affect modern...
How Neanderthal language differed from modern human – they probably didn’t use metaphors
The Conversation· 3 days agoThe Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis) fascinate researchers and the general public alike. Neanderthals are also vital for understanding the uniqueness ...
We Now Know Exactly When Humans And Neanderthals Hooked Up
IFLScience· 4 hours agoDespite disappearing around 40,000 years ago, Neanderthals continue to live on in the DNA of most...
Scientists Find Ancient Herpes in Neanderthal Bones
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 1 day agoNeanderthal remains from the Altai Mountains contain human viruses, a team of researchers has found, suggesting that infectious diseases may have been...
This 130,000-Year-Old Decorative Bear Bone May Be the Oldest Known Neanderthal Art
Smithsonian Magazine· 2 hours agoThe study, published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, argues that a 130,000-year-old bear...
The mystery of the disappearing Neanderthal Y chromosome
Live Science via Yahoo News· 5 days agoNon-Africans carry around 2% Neanderthal DNA in their genomes — yet there's one chromosome where DNA...
Could Neanderthals talk?
Live Science via Yahoo News· 5 days agoClose-up image of a Neanderthal skull against a black background. Neanderthals were our closest human relatives, and they had many similarities with...
10 unexpected ways Neanderthal DNA affects our health
LiveScience· 5 days agoThere, they encountered our closest, now-extinct human relatives — the Neanderthals. Today, we can...
'More Neanderthal than human': How your health may depend on DNA from our long-lost ancestors
Live Science via Yahoo News· 5 days agoIllustration of an early modern man embracing a Neanderthal woman. They appear to be in a forest at...
What's the difference between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens?
LiveScience· 5 days agoNeanderthals were modern humans' closest relatives, and the two types of humans lived in many of the...