News tagged with neanderthal dna
Evidence suggests Neanderthals took to boats before modern humans
(PhysOrg.com) -- Neanderthals, considered either a sub-species of modern humans or a separate species altogether, lived from approximately 300,000 years ago to somewhere near 24,000 years ago, when they inexplicably ...
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Mar 01, 2012 |
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European neanderthals were on the verge of extinction even before the arrival of modern humans: study
New findings from an international team of researchers show that most neanderthals in Europe died off around 50,000 years ago.
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Feb 26, 2012 |
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Human-Neanderthal coupling was rare: study
Scientists have shown that modern humans have some traces of genes from Neanderthals, but a study out Monday suggests that any breeding between the two was most likely a rare event.
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Sep 12, 2011 |
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Student publishes case for faster, less expensive DNA analysis
A Washington State University student's undergraduate research is challenging a widely held assumption on the best way to analyze old DNA in anthropological and forensic investigations.
Jun 27, 2011 |
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Fossil finger bone yields genome of a previously unknown human relative (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A 30,000-year-old finger bone found in a cave in southern Siberia came from a young girl who was neither an early modern human nor a Neanderthal, but belonged to a previously unknown group ...
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Dec 22, 2010 |
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Scientists herald 10-year anniversary of human genome
The decade since the human genome was first sequenced has ushered in great leaps in understanding of the origins and evolution of mankind, although medical applications thusfar have been limited.
Jun 23, 2010 |
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Complete Neanderthal genome yields insights into human evolution and evidence of interbreeding
After extracting ancient DNA from the 40,000-year-old bones of Neanderthals, scientists have obtained a draft sequence of the Neanderthal genome, yielding important new insights into the evolution of modern ...
May 06, 2010 |
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Probing Question: What can we learn from Neanderthal DNA?
Contrary to their image as knuckle-dragging brutes, the Neanderthals on television play tennis and attend cocktail parties — and sell auto insurance. In reality, these mysterious fellow hominids died out about ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 22, 2010 |
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Could Neanderthals live again?
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers are closer than ever to having a first draft of a complete sequence of the genome of a Neanderthal woman who lived some 30,000 years ago, and this means it may one day be possible ...
Feb 11, 2010 |
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Researchers Probe Links Between Modern Humans and Neanderthals
Which genes make us uniquely human? Scientists are looking at DNA in old bones to find out. The focus now is not so much on our own species, Homo sapiens. Instead, scientists are probing DNA in well-preserved pieces ...
Sep 19, 2009 |
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Humans spread out of Africa later
Modern humans spread out of Africa 20,000 years later than previously thought, according to new genetic research just published.
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Sep 04, 2009 |
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Study confirms 3 Neanderthal sub-groups
The Neanderthals inhabited a vast geographical area extending from Europe to western Asia and the Middle East 30,000 to 100,000 years ago. Now, a group of researchers are questioning whether or not the Neanderthals ...
Apr 15, 2009 |
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