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NEANDERTHAL GENE
Neanderthals disappeared about 40,000 years ago, but their DNA may now be helping some modern humans build more muscle- Who are Denisovans, or 'Dragon Man', whose face has finally been discovered after 400,000 years with the help of dental plaque
- Scientists found an 8-year-old Neanderthal child in a Belgian cave, and the molar DNA found is said to be the oldest human genetic code ever sequenced, turning one hillside into a rare window on our deep past
- What the X chromosome revealed about Neanderthals and early humansNew genetic research reveals ancient human and Neanderthal interactions followed a surprising pattern. Scientists found more modern human D...11 May, 2026, 03.44 AM IST
- Neanderthal babies may have grown at surprisingly rapid speeds compared with modern humansScientists unearthed a Neanderthal infant, Amud 7, in Israel. Its bones and brain were larger than expected for its age. This suggests Nean...08 May, 2026, 03.32 PM IST
- Scientists Found DNA in Humans That Doesn’t Belong to Any Known AncestorRecent genetic studies reveal that early humans interbred with an unknown hominin species, adding a complex layer to our origins. These fin...11 Mar, 2026, 03.49 PM IST
- Advanced weapons built 80,000 years ago, unearthed in Russia, has no human connectionAn 80,000-year-old bone spear tip, unearthed in Russia, challenges previous assumptions about Neanderthal capabilities. This discovery sugg...13 May, 2025, 12.18 PM IST
- Are you a morning person? That may just be your 'Neanderthal Genes' manifestingSince the 1990s, studies of Neanderthal DNA have exposed our species' intertwined history.22 Dec, 2023, 07.28 PM IST
- Neanderthals, humans co-existed in Europe for over 2,000 years: studyResearch by Swedish paleogeneticist Svante Paabo, who won the medicine Nobel prize last week, helped reveal that people of European descent...13 Oct, 2022, 10.30 PM IST
- Meet Svante Paabo, the Swedish scientist who won Nobel in medicine. His father got it in 1982Techniques that Paabo spearheaded allowed researchers to compare the genome of modern humans and that of other hominins - the Denisovans as...04 Oct, 2022, 11.32 AM IST
- Nobel Prize winner Svante Paabo's work: Neanderthal genome, DenisovansSvante Paabo and colleagues extracted and sequenced the first Neanderthal genome from ancient bones. He also brought to light the existence...03 Oct, 2022, 08.21 PM IST
- Nobel prize in medicine awarded for research on evolutionSwedish scientist Svante Paabo won this year's Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for his discoveries on human evolution that provided key insi...03 Oct, 2022, 05.25 PM IST
- Homo who? A new mystery human species has been discovered in IsraelAs researchers Israel Hershkovitz, Yossi Zaidner and colleagues detail in two companion studies published in Science, this archaic human co...25 Jun, 2021, 11.37 AM IST
- Since there’s a bit of Neanderthal in us allAs their genes’ remnants combat Covid-19, there’s no shame in owning up our ancestry.06 Apr, 2021, 08.07 AM IST
- You are more neanderthal than you think! Humans interbred with their kind in Western AsiaRelations that our ancestors had with Neanderthals may continue to exert an influence on our well-being today.25 Oct, 2017, 07.01 PM IST
- Neanderthal DNA may have shaped our modern looksLondon, Oct 6 (IANS) Neanderthal genes have contributed to human skin tone, hair colour, sleep patterns, mood, and even a person's smoking ...06 Oct, 2017, 07.02 PM IST
- How humans got rid of many Neanderthal genes after inter-breedingNew York, Nov 9 (IANS) Neanderthal genetic material is found in only small amounts in the genomes of modern humans because, after inter-bre...09 Nov, 2016, 04.28 PM IST
- Diseases carried by humans linked to Neanderthal extinctionScientists from universities of Cambridge and Oxford Brookes in the UK have reviewed the latest evidence gleaned from pathogen genomes and ...11 Apr, 2016, 01.42 PM IST
- Neanderthals and humans interbred 100,000 years ago, says studyPeople living today who are of European, Eurasian and Asian descent have well-identified Neanderthal-derived segments in their genome.18 Feb, 2016, 03.04 PM IST
- The Neanderthal in the gotraHaryana CM Hooda offends both love and science.05 Jun, 2010, 06.39 AM IST
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