New studies are shaking up traditional notions of the earliest development and spread of peoples and behaviors. German and Mongolian collaborative genomic research shows that a 34,000-year-old female modern human found in eastern Mongolia possessed both Neanderthal and Denisovan DNA. “DNA-fishing” in the dirt for Denisovan genetic material supports the news that In a Tibetan […]
Well, if the Denisovans and Neanderthals were so smart, then why are they dead? Probably because scurrilous H. sapiens ripped off their advanced technology to use it against ’em. Noted Homo sapien Joel Hruska takes a moment to illustrate our species’s crowning achievement this side of the smartphone. Much like this 50,000-Year Old, Tar-Smeared Tool […]
A new study has provided new insights into the evolution and migration of modern humans, finding both Neanderthal and Denisovan DNA preserved in the genetic codes of the inhabitants of the Melanesian Islands of the Pacific Ocean. Melanesia is a sub …
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON—A new genetic study of Melanesians shows that they retain traces of archaic DNA inherited from both Neanderthals and Denisovans, a recently discovered extinct human species. Known from sparse skeletal remains found in …
The idea that the genomes of those of us without African ancestry harbor some DNA from Neanderthals has inspired cartoons and jokes, and I got a lot of flak when DNA Science covered the discovery of diabetes risk genes from Neanderthals in Mexicans.
Denisovans and Neanderthals went extinct thousands of years ago. But scientists have found fragments of Neanderthal and Denisovan DNA in the genomes of modern residents of Melanesia. In fact, Melanesians have the highest degree of ancient DNA ever …
New research suggests that modern Melanesians have retained more Denisovan DNA than any other group of people on Earth. This discovery sheds new light on human evolution. By Samantha Mathewson s.mathewson@hngn.com | Mar 17, 2016 05:20 PM …
'Researchers sequenced nuclear DNA from three molars from layer 11 and a child's molar from a deeper layer, 22, according to a talk by graduate student Viviane Slon, who works in the lab of paleogeneticist Svante Paabo at the Max Planck Institute for …
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