Researchers have determined that a mysterious jawbone discovered on the seafloor off the coast of Taiwan was Denisovan, ...

Imagine standing face-to-face with a Neanderthal, looking into eyes that reflect a world both alien and achingly familiar.

In one example, a study published last year found that people with Neanderthal DNA are more sensitive to certain types of pain. Does the Natural History Museum’s Neanderthal man look familiar?

To investigate the archaic ancestry of the living human population, Akey and Vernot set to work searching for Neanderthal DNA in modern genomes. They developed a statistical approach to identify ...

The Takarkori women also demonstrated a 10-fold reduction in Neanderthal DNA compared to populations living outside of Africa. They have more Neanderthal DNA than contemporary sub-Saharan Africans.

What is strange is that they still have more Neanderthal DNA than other sub-Saharan peoples who were around at the time. While the Takarkori apparently had less contact with Neanderthals than the ...

Researchers did detect traces of Neanderthal DNA in the Takarkori individuals—10 times less than people living outside of Africa had, but more than contemporary sub-Saharan Africans. Read the ...

The PRRDetect algorithm identifies hidden DNA repair flaws in tumors It helps doctors choose effective therapies based on the tumor’s genetics This advancement brings personalized cancer care ...

The research team found that newly deciphered sequences in the genomes are enriched for non-B motifs and that the patterns of non-B DNA distribution were largely similar across the ape species.

What is strange is that they still have more Neanderthal DNA than other sub-Saharan peoples who were around at the time. While the Takarkori apparently had less contact with Neanderthals than the ...