Neanderthal genes make up 1-2% of the genomes of non-Africans. Scientists analyzed the lengths of regions of Neanderthal DNA in 58 ancient Eurasian genomes of early modern humans and determined that ...

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Scientists have found evidence of several waves of migration by looking at the genetic signatures of human interbreeding with Neanderthals. By Carl Zimmer Hundreds of thousands of years ago, our ...

The basic outline of the interactions between modern humans and Neanderthals is now well established. The two came in contact as modern humans began their major expansion out of Africa, which occurred ...

Jasmine is a neuroscientist at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre.View full profile Jasmine is a neuroscientist at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre. Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a ...

Every time you look in the mirror, you are seeing the legacy of an extinct cousin. A small but influential fraction of your ...

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In their new study an international team led by the University of Vienna reports the discovery and extraction of ancient DNA from a tiny 5 cm long Neanderthal bone found in the Crimean peninsula, ...

The word “Neanderthal” is often synonymous with mindless, simple, bulky and slow. Images of cavemen huddled over a fire with thick, protruding brows portray Neanderthals more like the Flintstones than ...

The climate and early human societies were changing quickly during the fall of our closest evolutionary relative—and are big clues to the causes of their demise. This reconstruction of a Neanderthal ...