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Putting this Neanderthal gene in mouse cells helped them grow. It seems to make modern humans bigger and more muscular too

After gathering a bunch of mouse cells in the lab, scientists genetically tweaked them to produce a Neanderthal variant of a signaling protein. They discovered that it responded more strongly to ...
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Scientists discover Neanderthal gene linked to a stronger-looking body

Neanderthals disappeared tens of thousands of years ago, but they did not vanish without leaving a genetic legacy. Because ...
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Neanderthal Gene Linked to Enhanced Muscle Growth

Neanderthal Gene Linked to Enhanced Muscle Growth Study Links Ancient Variant to Height, Muscle Mass, and Jaw Traits in Modern Humans ...
New Scientist

What remains of the last Neanderthals tell us about their demise

An isolated population of Neanderthals is shedding new light on their species’ final days. Palaeoanthropologist Ludovic ...
Archaeology

Study Compares Neanderthal and Modern Human Hip Bones

Phys.org reports that a team of researchers led by Christoph Zollikofer and Marcia Ponce de León of the University of Zurich ...
CNN

Prehistoric cave discoveries hint at shared culture between Neanderthals and humans

Ancient DNA revealed that our species, Homo sapiens, once interbred with Neanderthals, but what was the nature of those Stone Age encounters tens of thousands of years ago? Discoveries unearthed in a ...
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Ancient DNA Reveals a Genetic Surprise in The Last Neanderthals

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Neanderthal skull from Forbes' Quarry, Gibraltar. (AquilaGib/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0) Genetic deterioration may not have ...