Archaeology Ancient Genomes Shed New Light On the Earliest Europeans And Their Relationships With Neandertals (Archeology) 8 Apr 2021 An 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 Kiro Cave, Bulgaria. By comparing…
Archaeology Ancient Teeth Suggest Breeding Between Neanderthals and Modern Humans (Archeology) 6 Feb 2021 New analysis of 13 ancient teeth may have revealed a hybrid population made from both Neanderthals and modern humans, according to UCL archaeologists. First found in 1910 and 1911 in La…
Paleontology The Impact of Neanderthal DNA on Human Health (Paleontology) 4 Dec 20204 Dec 2020 A researcher at the University of Tartu described new associations between Neandertal DNA and autoimmune diseases, prostate cancer and type 2 diabetes. Michael Dannemann © Jüri Parik Modern humans migrated…
Archaeology Neanderthals Could Tolerate Smoke (Archeology /Biology) 27 Nov 2020 The idea that modern humans displaced Neanderthals because they were better protected against toxins from smoke is now under fire. An earlier study that put forward this suggestion has now…
Archaeology Neanderthal Thumbs Better Adapted to Holding Tools With Handles (Archeology) 26 Nov 2020 Neanderthal thumbs were better adapted to holding tools in the same way that we hold a hammer, according to a paper published in Scientific Reports. The findings suggest that Neanderthals…
Biology Neanderthal Gene Variant Increases Risk Of Severe COVID-19 (Biology) 1 Oct 2020 A study published in Nature shows that a segment of DNA that causes their carriers to have an up to three times higher risk of developing severe COVID-19 is inherited…
