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·September 8, 2022·5 min read

Modern Humans Generate More Brain Neurons Than Neanderthals

Study reveals greater neuron production in the modern human frontal lobe during development compared to the Neanderthal brain. Researchers say this is due to a change in a single amino acid in the TKTL1 protein.

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·March 1, 2021·5 min read

Neanderthals Had the Capacity to Perceive and Produce Human Speech

A new study reveals Neanderthals had the ability to perceive and produce human speech.

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·February 18, 2020·4 min read

Discovery at ‘flower burial’ site could unravel mystery of Neanderthal death rites

New findings raise the question of whether Neanderthals returned to the same spots in the famous Shanidar Cave to inter their dead. If so, it would suggest a cultural complexity of a higher order.

This shows a picture of the CET reconstruction over a model of a neanderthal

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·September 19, 2019·4 min read

Did a common childhood illness take down the Neanderthals?

First anatomical reconstruction of the Neanderthal cartilaginous Eustachian tube (CET) indicates the tubal morphology may have predisposed them to high rates of otitis media, a common childhood ear infection. The susceptibility to ear infections may have compromised their fitness and ability to compete within their niche. This may have contributed to their rapid extinction.

Image shows the visual abstract from the study.

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·February 23, 2017·4 min read

Neanderthal DNA Contributes to Human Gene Expression

Neanderthal DNA sequences still have influence when it comes to how genes are turned on or off in modern humans, a new study reports.

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·August 15, 2016·4 min read

Schizophrenia Emerged After Humans Diverged From Neanderthals

A new study reveals schizophrenia is a modern development that emerged after humans diverged from Neanderthals.

Chart shows the interbreeding possibilities.

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·February 19, 2016·6 min read

First Genetic Evidence of Modern Human DNA in a Neanderthal Individual

A new study reports researchers have discovered evidence of interbreeding between Neanderthals and modern humans around 100,000 years ago, tens of thousands of years earlier than previously thought.