New research challenges beliefs about Neandertal noses and cold adaptation. The scientists analysed a rare skull revealing unexpected nasal anatomy details. Findings overturn theories linking big ...

This week, a 125,000-year-old Neandertal “fat factory” reveals that they gorged on energy-packed bone grease, a new study has found that there really is a link between eating cheese and having ...

The researchers identified regions with Neandertal ancestry in over 300 individuals. They assessed sharing of segments, inferred gene flow, and looked at variation to identify candidates for positive ...

The age-old question in anthropology asks: what makes us human? Some say tool use (but see this), and others argue that it is our brains, referring to the size and cognitive ability. But what if there ...

The first Neandertal draft genome was published in 2010. Since then, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology have sequenced a further 18 genomes from 14 different ...

Neandertal populations in the Iberian Peninsula were experiencing local extinction and replacement even before Homo sapiens arrived, according to a new study. Neandertal populations in the Iberian ...

Researchers have completed blood group analysis for three Neandertals and a single Denisovan. The team that completed the research is from the Anthropologie Bio-Culturelle, Droit, Éthique et Santé ...

Recently, Vaesen, Dusseldorp, and Brandt (2021) published a study of Neandertal extinction theories. Noting over “a dozen serious hypotheses” about the enigmatic disappearance of our nearest cousins, ...

It's known certain risk factors are associated with severe symptoms of Covid-19: Older individuals and people with certain comorbidities — such as lung disease or diabetes — face higher risks of ...

Last year, researchers showed that a major genetic risk factor for severe COVID-19 is inherited from Neandertals. Now the same researchers show that Neandertals also contributed a protective variant.

Researchers grew clusters of brain cells in the lab with a gene carried by our ancient ancestors. By Carl Zimmer In recent years, scientists have figured out how to grow blobs of hundreds of thousands ...