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‘Well, who are we?’ Ancient bones, genes help pinpoint when humans and Neanderthals mixed and mingled

LA Times

This fragment of a skull of an ancient woman dubbed Zlaty kun, found in the Czech Republic, helped researchers pinpoint when humans and Neanderthals mated. Neanderthals and humans probably mixed and mingled during a narrow time frame 45,000 years ago, scientists reported Thursday. They found Neanderthal genes related to immunity and metabolism that may have helped early humans survive and …

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Oldest human DNA helps pinpoint when early humans interbred with Neanderthals

CNN

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Martin Schutt/picture alliance/Getty Images A broader study on Neanderthal ancestry, published Thursday in the journal Science, that analyzed information from the genomes of 59 ancient humans and those of 275 living humans corroborated the more precise timeline, finding that the majority of Neanderthal ancestry in modern humans can be attributed to a …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Ancient genes pinpoint when humans and Neanderthals mixed and mingled

Associated Press

NEW YORK — Neanderthals and humans likely mixed and mingled during a narrow time frame 45,000 years ago, scientists reported Thursday. “Genetic data from these samples really helps us paint a picture in more and more detail,” said study co-author Priya Moorjani at the University of California Berkeley. And our genetic code also contains echoes from another group of extinct …

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Pinning down the details of how and when Neanderthals and homo sapiens interbred

NPR

Pinning down the details of how and when Neanderthals and homo sapiens interbred Tens of thousands of years ago, modern humans mated with Neanderthals. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Look at the DNA of most people living outside of Africa today, and you'll see that tens of thousands of years ago, early modern humans mated with Neanderthals and had babies. DANIEL: Sumer …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Lucy at 50: How the world’s most famous fossil was discovered

CNN

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. CNN — Lucy, a fossilized skeleton unearthed 50 years ago this month, transformed scientists’ understanding of human evolution. The discovery by American paleontologist Don Johanson and graduate student Tom Gray on November 24, 1974, in Ethiopia opened a new chapter in the human story, offering proof that ancient hominins were able to …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Lucy at 50: How the world’s most famous fossil was discovered

CNN

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. CNN — Lucy, a fossilized skeleton unearthed 50 years ago this month, transformed scientists’ understanding of human evolution. The discovery by American paleontologist Don Johanson and graduate student Tom Gray on November 24, 1974, in Ethiopia opened a new chapter in the human story, offering proof that ancient hominins were able to …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Comet last spotted in Neanderthal times to make an extremely rare appearance later this MONTH

Daily Mail

Even by the usual standards of stargazing, it is a rare opportunity. Comet C/2023 A3 was last seen when Neanderthals walked the Earth, experts say Now, though, it is set to make its closest approach to Earth, giving stargazers in the UK a good chance of spotting it in the evening - even without the help of binoculars or a …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Genetic analysis of Neanderthal named for Tolkien character reveals history of inbreeding

Salon

Sharing the name of a legendary dwarf in J. R. R. Tolkien's classic fantasy novel "The Hobbit," a Neanderthal now known as Thorin wandered the Earth up to 42,000 years ago. This means Thorin's genome was full of the variants one usually sees with recent inbreeding, a striking feature given other modern humans lived nearby with whom Thorin's Neanderthal community …

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54 years, 11 months ago

Rachel Kushner’s Creation Lake review: A novel of espionage and ideas.

Slate

Sadie Smith arrives in a French village with an impeccable referral for the anarcho-primitive commune based there. In Rachel Kushner’s scintillating novel of espionage and ideas, Creation Lake, “Sadie” works for people she hasn’t met, infiltrating and destroying activist groups who interfere with the interests of wealthy corporations. Sadie listens to Pascal lecture her about the commune’s day care center …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Scientists digitally dissect ancient Egyptian ‘screaming’ mummy

CNN

Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Experts are also using the latest techniques to spill secrets hidden within discoveries made decades ago, with new research this week “digitally dissecting” an unusual mummy found in 1935. Sahar Saleem With her mouth agape, the mummified woman appears to be locked for eternity in an …

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

The earliest Sunday roast? Neanderthals were 'sophisticated cooks' capable of roasting small birds for dinner, study claims

Daily Mail

There's nothing quite as comforting as sitting down for a Sunday roast. And it turns out the practice might have been going on for tens of thousands of years – as evidence suggests Neanderthals may have roasted small birds for dinner. And it turns out the practice might have been going on for tens of thousands of years – as …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Chinese, US scientists identify gene flow of modern humans with Neanderthals

China Daily

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-07-16 16:32 NANJING -- A collaborative team of scientists from China and the United States has found ample evidence for gene flow between modern human and its prehistoric cousin Neanderthals. The result has shown that the Neanderthal genomes contain between 2.5 and 3.7 percent of genetic sequences originating from modern humans, according to the study published in …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Chinese, US scientists identify gene flow of modern humans with Neanderthals

China Daily

NANJING -- A collaborative team of scientists from China and the United States has found ample evidence for gene flow between modern human and its prehistoric cousin Neanderthals. The result has shown that the Neanderthal genomes contain between 2.5 and 3.7 percent of genetic sequences originating from modern humans, according to the study published in the latest edition of the …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Unearthed fossil of Neanderthal child with Down syndrome hints at ‘compassionate caregiving’ of these extinct humans

Hindustan Times

Living among a small band of Neanderthals in what is now eastern Spain was a child, perhaps 6 years old, with Down syndrome, as shown in a remarkable fossil preserving traits in the inner ear anatomy indicative of this serious genetic condition. This fossil, unearthed at the Cova Negra archeological site in the province of Valencia near the city of …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Neanderthal child with Down syndrome lived to age 6, inner ear fossil study suggests

ABC

In short: A skull fragment found in Spain may have belonged to a Neanderthal six-year-old with Down syndrome, according to the size and shape of inner ear structures in the bone. A skull fragment found in Spain may have belonged to a Neanderthal six-year-old with Down syndrome, according to the size and shape of inner ear structures in the bone. …

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6 months ago

The mysterious fate of the Neanderthal Y chromosome

The Hindu

Neanderthals, the closest cousins of modern humans, lived in parts of Europe and Asia until their extinction some 30,000 years ago. These genetic traces come from almost every part of the Neanderthal genome – except the Y sex chromosome, which is responsible for making males. Neanderthal sex, genes and chromosomes Neanderthals and modern humans went their separate ways somewhere between …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Reconstruction reveals face of Neanderthal specimen Shanidar Z

CNN

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. “She’s got quite big brow ridges, which typically we wouldn’t see, but I think dressed in modern clothes you probably wouldn’t look twice.” Neanderthals lived across Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia Mountains for around 300,000 years, overlapping with modern humans for 30,000 years or so. The team that initially studied …

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8 months ago

Jawdropping discovery: Remains of extinct human species that died thousands of years ago found in kitchen floor tiles

Daily Mail

A dentist caught a huge surprise when he visited his parents' house and spotted a familiar bit of anatomy embedded into the corridor of their newly renovated home. Reddit is rife with fake posts, but multiple experts confirmed to DailyMail.com that this really does appear to be a jawbone, and that it probably belonged to either a modern human or, …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Opinion: Why would anyone want a paleo diet? We’re desperate for half-truths about human origins

LA Times

What do modern humans imagine when they think of a Neanderthal man? Harari’s “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind” has sold some 25 million copies, counting Barack Obama and prominent Silicon Valley bros among his apostles. The book imagines humanity as simply conceiving a picture and acting to make it true — like a developer designing and releasing an app …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Why did modern humans replace the Neanderthals? The key might lie in our social structures

Deccan Chronicle

Bath, Mar 27 Why did humans take over the world while our closest relatives, the Neanderthals, became extinct? Forty thousand years ago Neanderthals disappeared from Asia and Europe, replaced by humans. We prize our individuality, but our survival is tied to larger social groups, like a bee’s fate depends on the colony’s survival. Humans aren’t unique in having big brains …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Joe Biden says climate change deniers are "Neanderthals" — that's not fair to Neanderthals

Salon

President Biden described climate change deniers as "Neanderthals" during a speech on Thursday in Brownsville, Texas, near the U.S.-Mexico border. "I love some of my Neanderthal friends who still think there’s no climate change.” As Biden suggested, those who either deny that our planet's climate is changing with potentially catastrophic results or who claim that the changes are not primarly …

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1 year ago

‘Man the hunter’? Evidence questions gendered labour divide in prehistory

The Hindu

Prehistoric men hunted; prehistoric women gathered. The actual evidence speaks for itself, though: Gendered labour roles did not exist in the Paleolithic era, which lasted from 3.3 million years ago until 12,000 years ago. The greater concentrations of estrogen that females tend to have in their bodies likely confer an endurance advantage – an ability to exercise for a longer …

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1 year, 2 months ago

How seaweed shaped the past and could shape our future

CNN

Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Using the James Webb Space Telescope, an international team of scientists detected tiny quartz crystals containing pure silica, a mineral that’s common on Earth. The revelation could help scientists get a broader sense of WASP-17b’s composition and what the environment may be like on this captivating …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Scientists may have untangled a mystery of Neanderthal ancestry

CNN

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. CNN — A new analysis of ancient genomes is deepening scientists’ understanding of the Neanderthal DNA carried by human populations in Europe and Asia — genetic traces that may have medical relevance today. “So what’s puzzling is that an area where we’ve never found any Neanderthal remains, there’s more Neanderthal DNA,” said …

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‘Well, who are we?’ Ancient bones, genes help pinpoint when humans and Neanderthals mixed and mingled

Oldest human DNA helps pinpoint when early humans interbred with Neanderthals

Ancient genes pinpoint when humans and Neanderthals mixed and mingled

Pinning down the details of how and when Neanderthals and homo sapiens interbred

Lucy at 50: How the world’s most famous fossil was discovered

Lucy at 50: How the world’s most famous fossil was discovered

Comet last spotted in Neanderthal times to make an extremely rare appearance later this MONTH

Genetic analysis of Neanderthal named for Tolkien character reveals history of inbreeding

Rachel Kushner’s Creation Lake review: A novel of espionage and ideas.

Scientists digitally dissect ancient Egyptian ‘screaming’ mummy

The earliest Sunday roast? Neanderthals were 'sophisticated cooks' capable of roasting small birds for dinner, study claims

Chinese, US scientists identify gene flow of modern humans with Neanderthals

Chinese, US scientists identify gene flow of modern humans with Neanderthals

Unearthed fossil of Neanderthal child with Down syndrome hints at ‘compassionate caregiving’ of these extinct humans

Neanderthal child with Down syndrome lived to age 6, inner ear fossil study suggests

The mysterious fate of the Neanderthal Y chromosome

Reconstruction reveals face of Neanderthal specimen Shanidar Z

Jawdropping discovery: Remains of extinct human species that died thousands of years ago found in kitchen floor tiles

Opinion: Why would anyone want a paleo diet? We’re desperate for half-truths about human origins

Why did modern humans replace the Neanderthals? The key might lie in our social structures

Joe Biden says climate change deniers are "Neanderthals" — that's not fair to Neanderthals

‘Man the hunter’? Evidence questions gendered labour divide in prehistory

How seaweed shaped the past and could shape our future

Scientists may have untangled a mystery of Neanderthal ancestry