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In 2014, scientists compared EPAS1 DNA from 40 Tibetans and 40 Han Chinese and linked a high-altitude adaptation to Denisovan-like ancestry. 12 years later, the finding traced the genetic gift to an interbreeding event about 48,700 years agoIn 2014, scientists found a remarkable clue in Tibetan DNA. They compared the EPAS1 gene in 40 Tibetans and 40 Han Chinese and uncovered a ...- 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...
- 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...
- Scientists just found a 140,000-year-old child's skull in Israel, and what they found could change human historyA child's skull, almost 140,000 years old, was found in Israel. Researchers believe it shows interbreeding between modern humans and Neande...
- Where did our ancestors end up after migrating from Africa? New study has some cluesHomo sapiens was not the first human species to live outside of Africa - including the area encompassing the hub. Ancient interbreeding by ...
- 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.
- Endangered red wolf can make it in the wild, but not without 'significant' help, study saysA population viability analysis has revealed that the endangered red wolf can survive in the wild, but only with significant additional man...
- Brazil unveils world's first confirmed dog-fox hybrid 'Dogxim’ which barked like a dog and hunted like a foxIt has been confirmed that a hybrid of a dog and a fox was discovered in the wilds of Brazil. During the year 2021, this female hybrid was ...
- 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...
- Are you Game of Thrones fan? Now GOT prequel to take over your Sunday planWhile it makes some serious mistakes, House of the Dragon may be able to revive Game of Thrones franchise that seemed poised to burn out.
- 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...
- Section 377 moored in gender stereotypes that reinforce sexism: Supreme CourtJustice Chandrachud quoted from Andrew Koppelman, to argue that the taboo against homosexuals “polices the boundaries that separate the dom...
- Complete genome of elephants mappedScientists have sequenced the complete genome of one of the world's most iconic animal families - elephants, and their relatives mammoths a...
- Researchers find human evolution to be uneven, punctuatedLondon, Nov 18 (IANS) Researchers have found Neanderthals survived at least 3,000 years longer in the Southern Iberia region, modern day Sp...
- 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.
- Zika: Aedes aegypti mosquitoes quickly invade, adapt to new climatesAedes aegypti apparently survives colder winters in Washington DC by entering sewers, which it does not do in other habitats.
- Did we humans take it on the chin?Scientists are not convinced that chins evolved as a result of modern human jaws needing an extra bone to help with chewing.
- 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.
- Increase genetic diversity to save tigers: StudyA new research by Stanford scholars shows that increasing genetic diversity among the 3,000 or so tigers left on the planet is the key to t...
- ‘Gir saturated, transfer a lifeline’"It is important to have a second population to save the last wild Asiatic lions," says ecologist Craig Packer, director of the Lion Resear...
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