One intriguing component of this genetic story is the limited presence of Neanderthal DNA in African populations. As the ...

The basic outline of the interactions between modern humans and Neanderthals is now well established. The two came in contact as modern humans began their major expansion out of Africa, which ...

Neanderthals arose about 430,000 years ago, living in Europe and central Asia until their demise some 40,000 years ago.

Could a Neanderthal gene offer protection against the severity of Covid-19? This video discusses the Gene OAS1 and its protective variant rs10774671-G, examining how it influences the body's response ...

Indeed, Thorin's genetic makeup was much closer to the genomes of early Neanderthals from more than 100,000 years ago, suggesting Thorin's community remained isolated from other Neanderthals for ...

Neanderthals have long been the subject of intense scientific debate. This is largely because we still lack clear answers to ...

And this isn’t the first time Neanderthal genetic variants have been identified as a considerable risk factor for a disease: In 2020, Zeberg co-authored a groundbreaking study in the journal ...

Their simulations mapped out possible routes Neanderthals could have followed to reach Asia, and suggest that by traveling ...