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A new radiocarbon reassessment has established that the so-called Lapedo child from central Portugal was buried approximately ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study shows how three Neanderthal DNA variants strengthened a key enhancer for jaw development, offering fresh insight into ...

The Neanderthal Connection Every person alive today carries traces of Neanderthal DNA, typically around 2% of their genome. This genetic legacy comes from interbreeding events between Homo sapiens and ...

Neanderthal DNA is 99.7% identical to our own, and researchers claim that some humans might be carrying as much as 2% of the ...

3D models of Homo sapiens (top two images) and Homo neanderthalensis (bottom two images) crania for visual comparison. The human model was created from DICOM files of an anonymized volunteer patient ...

New collaborative research involving two Clemson University scientists has found that some genetic traits modern humans inherited from Neanderthals could increase a person’s susceptibility to autism.

Neanderthals disappeared from the fossil record approximately 40,000 years ago. Their extinction was a gradual process over thousands of years, and theories as to why include competition with modern ...

A Harvard geneticist discussed cloning Neanderthals, but experts find hang-ups. Jan. 22, 2013— -- A Harvard geneticist has raised eyebrows by declaring that scientists could make a Neanderthal ...