A Gift To Humanity
Here at 23andMe we have an interest in all things Neanderthal, so when none other than Svante Paabo authored the book Neanderthal Man: In Search of Lost Genomes we had...
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A Neanderthal Genome Sheds More Light On Human Evolution
Our favorite ancient cousins, the Neanderthals, are in the news again. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology have sequenced the full genome from the toe bone of...
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Analysis of Ancient DNA Suggests A Previously Unknown Type of Extinct Human Ancestor
Denisova cave from the outside. / Bence Viola. DNA isolated from a tiny bone fragment from the finger of a being that walked the earth between 30,000 and 50,000 years...
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Novel Techniques Suggest Neanderthal Populations Dwindled in the Face of Expanding Humans
The Neanderthals have always held a special place in the field of anthropology. The skeletal remains of our short, stocky evolutionary relatives have been found everywhere from Spain to...
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