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New Study Explores Why Some People Have So Much Neanderthal DNA
A sweeping analysis of European and Asian genomes over the last 40,000 years reveals when and how some genetic exchange occurred between Homo sapiens and our closest cousins, Homo neanderthalensis. It also shows how the Neanderthals’ genetic footprint depended on later exchanges between members of our own species. Neanderthals are an extinct species of hominin…
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‘Tall Nose’ Gene in Humans Was Inherited From Neanderthals
Researchers have identified a gene that is associated with taller noses in humans and found it likely comes from Neanderthals, an extinct hominin group intimately related to our own species.
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200,000-Year-Old Hand Art Found Near a Tibetan Hot Spring
An international team of researchers has reported the discovery of hand and foot prints from Quesang, in the Tibetan Plateau. The fossil impressions, which date to between 169,000 and 226,000 years ago and seem to have been created intentionally, could represent the earliest known art of its kind.