A Neanderthal male and female compositions. Photo: Martin Meissner (A.P.) Analysis of Neanderthal hand bones suggests that these extinct humans have better suited toes for power grips, as precision is the opposite of grip, which may mean they use them differently than our hands. Researchers have found major physical differences …
Read More »Neanderthal Children’s Grove Up and Van in the same way as humans
Neanderthals may have lost Homo sapiens In the evolutionary battle for survival, but over time we are learning more and more about similarities between species – and according to new research, which extends to the upbringing of children. A new study using geochemical and histological techniques to look at three …
Read More »Neanderthals and humans were at war, showing evidence of more than 100,000 years
About 600,000 years ago, humanity split into two. One group stayed in Africa, grew into ours. Others formed in Asia, then in Europe, and went underground Homo neanderthalnsis – Neanderthals. They were not our ancestors, but a sister species, growing in parallel. Neanderthals fascinate us because of what they tell …
Read More »A mutated Neanderthal gene could make some people more sensitive to pain
Scattered throughout the genomes of humans around the world, we can find remains of Neanderthal descent. In some, this grants disease resistance, or even a unique head shape. A few have apparently inherited the sensitive side of Neanderthals. Evolutionary geneticists have closely examined a genetic variation in the DNA of …
Read More »DNA linked to Covid-19 inherited from Neanderthals: study
According to a new study, a Neanderthals transmitted a stretch of DNA linked to Covid-19 60,000 years ago. Scientists do not yet know why this particular segment increases the risk of severe coronavirus disease. But the new findings, which were published online Friday and have yet to be published in …
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