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Neanderthal
(also known as Neandertals, or by their scientific name Homo neanderthalensis) are an extinct species of hominin who lived throughout Eurasia until around 40,000 years ago. Neandertals most likely went extinct due to assimilation into the modern human genome, climate change, or disease and were known for their more sophisticated technology and culture.
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MAY 28, 2016Videos
Would you be able to survive 2.5 million years ago? At the time, Earth was in the Pleistocene epoch. This geological epo ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetAPR 28, 2016Genetics & Genomics
A genetic variation has evolved in populations that have eaten a plant-based diet over hundreds of generations, such as ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 10, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Since 2010 scientists have known that people of Eurasian origin have inherited anywhere from 1 to 4 percent of their DNA ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 08, 2016Immunology
Analysis of thousands of genes from the 1000 Genomes Project and genome sequences of ancient hominins has allowed scient ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 30, 2015Plants & Animals
The culmination of a nine-year study by biologists finds that an animal of one species often battles with one from anoth ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 28, 2015Earth & The Environment
Why were Neanderthals replaced by anatomically modern humans around 40,000 years ago? One popular hypothesis states that ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 19, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Aneuploidy-the incorrect number of chromosomes in a cell-is quite common in early embryos; it's also the primary reason ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 19, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Compared with other human relatives such as Neanderthals, modern Homo sapiens have particularly prominent chins. Some re ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 15, 2015Genetics & Genomics
An international research project to sequence whole genomes from mountain gorillas has given scientists and conservation ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 07, 2015Immunology
Modern humans have been blamed for killing off the Neanderthals by out competing them, breeding with them and even outri ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 06, 2015Neuroscience
Too many brain cells spoil the learning. So says a study by UC Santa Barbara's Scott Grafton and colleagues at the Unive ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 05, 2015Genetics & Genomics
About 99 percent of human genes are shared with chimpanzees. Only the small remainder sets us apart. However, we have on ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 26, 2015Neuroscience
A single gene may have helped pave the way for the rise of human intelligence by dramatically increasing the number of n ...Written By: Jennifer EllisFEB 24, 2015Earth & The Environment
Researchers have found a 55,000-year-old partial skull in the northern Israel community of Manot, from about the time wh ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 11, 2014Genetics & Genomics
Thanks to the relatively recent development of genome mapping, scientists have been able to delve deeper than ever into ...
MAY 28, 2016
Videos
Would you be able to survive 2.5 million years ago? At the time, Earth was in the Pleistocene epoch. This geological epo
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
APR 28, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
A genetic variation has evolved in populations that have eaten a plant-based diet over hundreds of generations, such as
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 10, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Since 2010 scientists have known that people of Eurasian origin have inherited anywhere from 1 to 4 percent of their DNA
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 08, 2016
Immunology
Analysis of thousands of genes from the 1000 Genomes Project and genome sequences of ancient hominins has allowed scient
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 30, 2015
Plants & Animals
The culmination of a nine-year study by biologists finds that an animal of one species often battles with one from anoth
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 28, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Why were Neanderthals replaced by anatomically modern humans around 40,000 years ago? One popular hypothesis states that
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 19, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Aneuploidy-the incorrect number of chromosomes in a cell-is quite common in early embryos; it's also the primary reason
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 19, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Compared with other human relatives such as Neanderthals, modern Homo sapiens have particularly prominent chins. Some re
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 15, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
An international research project to sequence whole genomes from mountain gorillas has given scientists and conservation
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 07, 2015
Immunology
Modern humans have been blamed for killing off the Neanderthals by out competing them, breeding with them and even outri
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 06, 2015
Neuroscience
Too many brain cells spoil the learning. So says a study by UC Santa Barbara's Scott Grafton and colleagues at the Unive
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 05, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
About 99 percent of human genes are shared with chimpanzees. Only the small remainder sets us apart. However, we have on
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
FEB 26, 2015
Neuroscience
A single gene may have helped pave the way for the rise of human intelligence by dramatically increasing the number of n
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
FEB 24, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Researchers have found a 55,000-year-old partial skull in the northern Israel community of Manot, from about the time wh
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
FEB 11, 2014
Genetics & Genomics
Thanks to the relatively recent development of genome mapping, scientists have been able to delve deeper than ever into
...