Neanderthal ancestry may lower defenses against common DNA viruses in people today

Researchers have found surprising links that show that Neanderthal ancestry influences our immune system today in ways more ...
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You could be carrying up to 4 percent Neanderthal DNA – and it may be weakening your virus defenses

All non-African populations alive today carry between two and four percent Neanderthal DNA, which continues to shape our ...
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New Study Shows That Neanderthal Men Likely Repeatedly Mated with Human Women

A new study has revealed new insights into the mating patterns and preferences of early humans. The study, published in the journal Science on Feb. 26, found that when Neanderthals and early humans ...

A Scientific Breakthrough Has Unveiled the Ancient Source of Our Pain

Cutting-edge genetics research reveals a startling legacy embedded in our DNA.
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What happened when humans and Neanderthals hooked up

(CNN) — The 2010 discovery that early humans and Neanderthals once encountered one another and had babies was a scientific bombshell that electrified the field of human origins. Now, geneticists at ...
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Help! I’m Baffled by My Neanderthal DNA Test Results

I read your column “Do Most Whites Have Traces of African DNA, as I Do?” with interest. The questioner in that column was wondering whether the traces of African ancestry in her DNA test entered her ...