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  • Neanderthal Bones Reveal Presence of Ancient Human Viruses

    Neanderthal Bones Reveal Presence of Ancient Human Viruses

    Neanderthal remains from the Altai Mountains contain human viruses, a team of researchers has found, suggesting that infectious diseases may have been transmitted between anatomically modern humans and our closest (extinct) cousins. The team’s research, posted to the biology research preprint server bioRxiv last month, describes conserved segments of ancient viral genomes the team identified…