neanderthal, evolution

Three members of a gene family called NOTCH2NL may have been involved in the evolution of humans’ big cortex.

DNA analysis gives clues to how the ancient hominin’s population split and how they interacted with modern humans.

Mitochondrial DNA in Neanderthal bone suggests humans first left Africa earlier than previously thought.

Natural selection may be behind the dearth of Neanderthal DNA in modern humans.

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Fifty-thousand-year-old feces suggest Neanderthals ate both meat and vegetables.

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An examination of 17 ancient skulls shows that some Neanderthal features arose as far back as 430,000 years ago.

Researchers unearth little evidence to suggest modern humans are superior to their Neanderthal ancestors.

A newly sequenced Neanderthal genome provides insight into the sex lives of human ancestors.

Theoretical anthropogeny seeks to understand how Homo sapiens rose to a position of global dominance.

Non-African people carry remnants of the Neanderthal X chromosome, suggesting interbreeding with early human ancestors.