“And what’s really exciting is that even though there was this broader scope of traits that was considered, they point to effects of Neanderthal DNA on similar systems to what’s been seen previously.” ...

Neanderthal DNA was generally "deleterious" to modern ... "It seems like it's not that being a morning person is what matters," Capra said. "It's that that's a signal of how essentially flexible ...

How different are we from Neanderthals? The answer is “not as much as we used to think”. Or, to put it another way, the more we learn about this group of archaic humans, the more similarities ...

It’s not clear why people in East Asia today have more Neanderthal ancestry than Europeans, or why Neanderthal genomes from this period show little evidence of Homo sapiens DNA. While the ...

If your recent ancestry lies outside of Africa, you can safely assume that you carry some Neanderthal DNA. Human origins expert Professor Chris Stringer discusses what this Neanderthal inheritance may ...

He adds that “the fact that this risk comes from DNA that originated in Neanderthals is very interesting and highlights how complex human ancestry is.” To probe the specific genetic variants or ...

From our morning news briefing to a weekly ... It is estimated that 1% to 3% of people have DNA that can be linked to Neanderthals, and the studies also shed light on these genes.

("Should AI be used to resurrect extinct species like the Neanderthal?" Dec. 26.) The author mentions swapping out "parts of human DNA with Neanderthal DNA." It may be a semantic point, but while ...