Seven or more human types inhabited the planet before homo sapiens
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© Jannarong/Shutterstock Long before this cave painting was made, our ancestors met and interacted with multiple types of…
Just How Many Extinct Types of Human Did Our Ancestors Meet? - The Crux
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For the past ~40,000 years, Homo sapiens — modern humans — has been the only Homo species on Earth.
Just How Many Extinct Types of Human Did Our Ancestors Meet? - The Crux
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For the past ~40,000 years, Homo sapiens — modern humans — has been the only Homo species on Earth.
DNA of Early Neanderthals Reveals 80,000 Years of Genetic Continuity in Europe | Genetics, Paleoanthropology | Sci-News.com
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An international team of scientists has sequenced the nuclear genomes of two Neanderthals who lived in Europe around 120,000…
Le passé caché dans les molécules - Québec Science
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Sciences Image: Shutterstock Pour reconstituer le passé, les scientifiques ne se contentent plus d’assembler des fossiles ou d’ét…
Mysterious humans interbred
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Nearly a decade ago, a snippet of pinky bone found in Siberia introduced the world to a baffling new kind of ancient human.
La lignée de l'Homme de Denisova pourrait représenter trois espèces humaines
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Il y a près de dix ans, un fragment d'os de petit doigt découvert en Sibérie révélait aux yeux du monde entier une nouvelle espèc…
Multiple lines of mysterious ancient humans interbred with us
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Nearly a decade ago, a snippet of pinky bone found in Siberia introduced the world to a baffling new kind of ancient human.
The Denisovans May Have Been More Than a Single Species
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Replica of a Denisovan finger bone fragment, originally found in Denisova Cave in 2008, at the Museum of Natural Sciences in…
Neanderthals Were Inbreeding. Did it Help Cause Their Extinction?
Discover Magazine,
In recent years, scientists have found increasing evidence that Neanderthals were inbred.
Clues to Our Unknown Ancestors Are Hiding in Our Genome
Wired.com,
Could deep learning help paleontologists and geneticists hunt for ghosts? When modern humans first migrated out of Africa 70,000…
What We Learned About Our Human Origins in 2018 | At the Smithsonian
Smithsonian Magazine,
What does it mean to be human? What makes us unique among all other organisms on Earth? Is it cooperation? Conflict? Creativity?
‘Denisova 11’ Had Neanderthal Mother and Denisovan Father | Genetics, Paleoanthropology
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Neanderthals and Denisovans are extinct groups of hominins that separated from each other more than 390,000 years ago.
Scientists stunned by Neanderthal hybrid found in Siberian cave
MSN,
A single cave in the mountains of Siberia has produced a string of remarkable archaeological discoveries.
Scientists Stunned By a Neanderthal Hybrid Discovered in a Siberian Cave
The Atlantic,
A single cave in the mountains of Siberia has produced a string of remarkable archaeological discoveries.
Геном неандертальца: открытые вопросы
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Михаил Гельфанд «Природа» №1, 2016 Об авторе Михаил Сергеевич Гельфанд — доктор биологических наук, профессор, член Европейской а…
Genome Sequencing Adds 5 New Neanderthals to the Human Family Tree
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A t-home DNA testing is supposed to give people insight into their human ancestry, but it’s had the unexpected effect of…
You are not just you—you are a chimera
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Home Biology Biotechnology March 12, 2018 March 12, 2018 by Karl Gruber, Particle In Greek mythology, the chimera was a fire-brea…
Scientists Have Reconstructed the Genome of a Bird Extinct for 700 Years
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Scientists at Harvard University have assembled the first nearly complete genome of the little bush moa, a flightless bird that…
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Comment les horloges moléculaires donnent l’heure de l’espèce humaine
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L’ADN est le support de notre histoire familiale et plus largement de l’histoire de l’évolution de notre espèce : comment sommes…
Wie der Mensch die Welt eroberte - science.ORF.at
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„Out of Africa“ - so heißt eine Theorie, die den Aufbruch des modernen Menschen in Richtung Europa und Asien beschreibt.
Sex, disease, and extinction: what ancient DNA tells us about humans and Neanderthals
The Verge,
Two new genetic analyses help explain the unexpected roles Neanderthals play in modern human life — influencing everything from…
En neandertal fra Kroatia viser hvor mange av genene deres vi har nå
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Neandertalerne døde ut for rundt 40 000 år siden, men hadde da levd side om side med våre forfedre i flere hundre tusen år.
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Child tooth is fourth fossil clue to mysterious Denisovan humans
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Sputnik/Science Photo Library Three becomes four. The extraordinarily sparse fossil record of the Denisovans – an ancient form…
Molecular clocks track human evolution | EarthSky.org
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Our cells have a built-in genetic clock, tracking time… but how accurately?. Image via www.shutterstock.com Our annual fund-raise…
How molecular clocks track human evolution | EarthSky.org
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Our cells have a built-in genetic clock, tracking time… but how accurately?. Image via www.shutterstock.com Our annual fund-raise…
DNA dating: How molecular clocks are refining human evolution's timeline
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(THE CONVERSATION) DNA holds the story of our ancestry – how we’re related to the familiar faces at family reunions as well as…
DNA dating: How molecular clocks are refining human evolution's timeline
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DNA holds the story of our ancestry – how we’re related to the familiar faces at family reunions as well as more ancient affairs…
DNA dating: How molecular clocks are refining human evolution's timeline
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(THE CONVERSATION) DNA holds the story of our ancestry – how we’re related to the familiar faces at family reunions as well as…
DNA dating: How molecular clocks are refining human evolution's timeline
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Bridget Alex, Harvard University and Priya Moorjani, Columbia University (THE CONVERSATION) DNA holds the story of our ancestry …
How molecular clocks are refining human evolution's timeline
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Home Biology Evolution April 7, 2017 April 7, 2017 by Bridget Alex And Priya Moorjani, The Conversation DNA holds the story of…
Why archaeology needs to come out of the cave and into the digital age
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It’s nearly end-of-year “listicle” season, and 2016 has offered plenty of fascinating archaeological discoveries - my favourite…
Humans and Neanderthals had sex. But was it for love?
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An investigation. In 1911, Marcellin Boule, a French paleontologist, published the first scientific description of the…
Humans and Neanderthals had sex. But was it for love?
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In 1911, Marcellin Boule, a French paleontologist, published the first scientific description of the Neanderthal species.
Ice Age Europeans Migrated Back to Africa | RealClearScience
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Neandertaler waren nicht wählerisch
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Das schließen Kay Prüfer vom Max-Planck-Institut für evolutionäre Anthropologie in Leipzig und seine Kollegen aus dem Erbgut…
Ice Age Europeans migrated back to Africa
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DNA analysis of a 35,000 year-old skull suggests that early Eurasian hunter-gatherers migrated back to Africa, some 45,000…
Los peligros de la Historia
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La Historia es una arma.Así, como se lee.El problema de esta maravillosa ciencia que nos ayuda a entendernos, a comprender…
News story from The Telegraph (Australia) on Friday 01 April 2016
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The alien tribe time has forgot
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WorldDenisovian humans: DNA reveals lingering remains of the alien tribe time forgotApril 2, 2016 12:30amJamie SeidelNews Corp…
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The alien tribe time has forgot
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A FINGERBONE. Two teeth. A shard of a 40,000-year-old bracelet. These are all that remain of an alien race of hominids that…
The alien tribe time has forgot
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A FINGERBONE. Two teeth. A shard of a 40,000-year-old bracelet. These are all that remain of an alien race of hominids that…
Did Neanderthals and modern humans interbreed 50,000 years before we thought?
Christian Science Monitor,
Ever since geneticists sequenced the first Neanderthal genome in 2010, researchers have been reporting just how related we are…
How a one night stand in the Ice Age affects us all today
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Over the past half decade, ancient DNA research has revealed some surprising aspects to our evolutionary history during the…
How a one night stand in the Ice Age affects us all today
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How a one night stand in the Ice Age affects us all today
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By Darren Curnoe, Human evolution specialist
How a one night stand in the Ice Age affects us all today
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Over the past half decade, ancient DNA research has revealed some surprising aspects to our evolutionary history during the…
El truco evolutivo de los gorilas de montaña para evitar su extinción
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En los años 80 su población se redujo a 253 ejemplares. Hoy es de casi 800. Científicos españoles han descubierto que la falta…
¿La endogamia es mala? A los gorilas de montaña les ha salvado de la extinción
El Confidencial,
En los años 80 su población se redujo a 253 ejemplares. Hoy es de casi 800. Científicos españoles han descubierto que la falta…
Research finds Neanderthals were more thoughtful than we once imagined
Washington Post,
Maybe it’s their famously protruding brow ridge or perhaps it’s the now-discredited notion that they were primitive scavengers…
Cette graisse que les Européens ont héritée de Néandertal
Futura-Sciences,
La génétique a parlé : l’Homme de Néandertal a légué aux Européens trois fois plus de gènes associés au métabolisme des acides…
You Share 98.7 Percent of Your DNA With This Sex-Obsessed Ape
Mother Jones,
Earlier this month, just before the famed creationism debate between Bill Nye and Ken Ham, I published an article drawing…
We Made Love, Not War, With Neanderthals
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Throughout human history, there's been at least one constant: inter-group sex. We Made Love, Not War, With Neanderthals was…
News story from IOL on Tuesday 04 February 2014
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Humanity's forgotten return to Africa revealed in DNA
New Scientist,
Our species spread across the world from its African heartland about 60,000 years ago – but 3000 years ago, some humans went…
Neanderthal DNA persists in modern humans
Digital Journal,
Two news studies demonstrate the extent of Neanderthal DNA that persists in modern human genomes. The genetic relationship is…
Could Neanderthal Genes Be the Reason You Are So Hairy?
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If you seem to spend as much time and money on waxing as you do on groceries, your great, great, great, great (add many more…
The genetic legacy of the Neanderthals
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Remnants of Neanderthal DNA in modern humans are associated with genes affecting type 2 diabetes, Crohn's disease, lupus…
News story from Neue Züricher Zeitung (NZZ) on Thursday 30 January 2014
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News story from The Economist on Thursday 30 January 2014
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Neanderthal is actually in all of us
Stuff.co.nz,
Neanderthals may have died out 30,000 years ago, but new analyses from the University of Washington and Harvard confirm that…
Neanderthals’ genetic legacy
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Homo neanderthalensis, adult male. Credit: John Gurche, artist / Chip Clark, photographer Remnants of Neanderthal DNA in modern…
News story from IOL on Thursday 30 January 2014
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Modern humans more Neanderthal than once thought, studies suggest
Firstpost,
According to two studies published on Wednesday, DNA from these pre-modern humans may play a role in the appearance of hair and…
Neanderthal Interbreeding Has Affected Modern Human Health
Guardian Liberty Voice,
According to two separate research teams, even though the Neanderthal species of humans vanished from existence around 30,000…
News story from The Express on Wednesday 29 January 2014
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Neanderthals' Genetic Legacy
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Remnants of Neanderthal DNA in modern humans are associated with genes affecting type 2 diabetes, Crohn's disease, lupus…
Modern humans more Neanderthal than once thought, studies suggest
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Although Neanderthals became extinct 28,000 years ago in Europe, as much as one-fifth of their DNA has survived in human…
News story from Reuters on Wednesday 29 January 2014
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Neanderthal DNA Influences Modern Humans: Study
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WEDNESDAY, Jan. 29, 2014 -- Comparisons between modern humans and Neanderthals are usually meant as either an insult or a joke.
Caveman sex was lacking, at least genetically
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Note to guys: Don’t compare yourself to a cave man in the sexuality department. A new genetic analysis says modern male genes…
Hello, Neanderthal! Yes, This Means You.
TIME Magazine,
Their lives were nasty, brutish and short—and so were they, as it turns out. But our close evolutionary cousins the…
How Neanderthal DNA Changed Humans
Discovery News,
Mating with Neanderthals led to major changes in humans, affecting everything from skin color to disease predisposition, traits…
Neanderthals' genetic legacy
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( Harvard Medical School ) Remnants of Neanderthal DNA in modern humans are associated with genes affecting type 2 diabetes…
Neanderthal, human mixing had gene benefits, drawbacks
USA Today,
Neanderthal-human interbreeding had both positive and negative effects on our genes.
Neanderthal DNA may play role in your hair
MSN,
Researchers say DNA fro Neanderthals may play a role in the appearance of hair and skin as well as the risk of certain diseases.
Gene Explains Higher Type 2 Diabetes Risk in Native Americans
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Scientists on Wednesday said they had found a variant of a gene to explain why Latin Americans are at higher risk of Type 2…
Gene clue to Latin American risk for Type 2 diabetes
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Scientists point reason to a possible DNA legacy from the Neanderthals
Researchers: High diabetes risk in Latin America could be traced back centuries
The Raw Story,
Scientists on Wednesday said they had found a variant of a gene to explain why Latin Americans are at higher risk of Type 2…
New Insights From Old DNA, Flowing Ants, Insecticides in Question
New York Times,
A recap of science and health events from the week. Happy holidays, everyone.
Neanderthal's incest, interspecies sex revealed by genome
CBC,
Neanderthals liked to keep it in the family with DNA sequencing of an ancient toe revealing long-term inbreeding amongst a…
Neandertal: gli incesti tra parenti stretti erano la norma
Corriere della Sera,
Ma non son mancati quelli con altre specie di ominidi, inclusi i Denisoviani e i nostri antenati Sapiens
Neanderthal Genome Reveals Long History of Interbreeding with Early Humans
Science World Report,
We're learning more than ever about ancient Neanderthals, thanks to the most complete sequence to date of the Neanderthal genome.
Neanderthal genome reveals inbreeding and interbreeding
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Ananth Baliga Dec. 19 (UPI) -- The most complete sequence of the Neanderthal genome shows inbreeding as well as interbreeding…
Neanderthal Genome Reveals Incest, Interbreeding and Mystery
Nature World News,
For Neanderthals, finding that special someone could have meant looking as far as the next species over - or a close as a cousin…
News story from Wired.co.uk on Thursday 19 December 2013
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Neanderthal woman's genome reveals unknown human lineage
FOX News,
The existence of a mysterious ancient human lineage and the genetic changes that separate modern humans from their closest…
Neanderthal Woman's DNA Reveals Ancient Inbreeding, Mysterious Human Lineage
Huffington Post,
The existence of a mysterious ancient human lineage and the genetic changes that separate modern humans from their closest…
50,000 Year-Old Toe Bone Reveals Interbreeding, Inbreeding among Early Humans
Nature World News,
A toe-bone of a woman who lived nearly 50,000 years ago has revealed a long history of interbreeding between modern humans…
Neandertaler waren nicht wählerisch
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Bei der Partnerwahl kannten Neandertaler anscheinend kaum Tabus. Nicht nur nahe Verwandte wie Halbgeschwister zeugten…
Inzucht bei Neandertalern entdeckt: Die Sitten unserer Vorfahren
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DNA-Proben aus einem 50.000 Jahre alten Zeh beweisen: Inzucht unter Neandertalern kam häufig vor. Die neuen Genom-Sequenzen…
Neanderthal DNA in Toe Bone Indicates Interbreeding and Incest
Guardian Liberty Voice,
Neanderthal DNA found in an inch-long toe bone that dates back 50,000 years indicates that Neanderthals might have died out due…
Most complete Neanderthal genome shows inbreeding
Business Standard,
The most complete sequence to date of the Neanderthal genome suggests they inbred with their family members while occasionally…