Neanderthal Extinction Occurred Due to Slow Flow of Human Immigration, Study Says

Posted on 03/11/2017 by hira

The Neanderthal, our closest extinct relatives, disappeared from the surface of Earth about 40,000 years ago, but their cause of extinction remains largely unknown. Prior researches have shown...

Ancient Human Skull Found in Portugal is of an Oldest Neanderthal

Posted on 15/03/2017 by sumayah

Neanderthals came before Homo sapiens on the prehistoric timeline. When archaeologists discovered skulls and bones of these hominids, they couldn’t believe what they had just come across. The sloping...

400000 Year Old Skull Points to Mystery Neanderthal Ancestor

Posted on 15/03/2017 by sumayah

A huge group of scientists and experts has found the oldest relics of Neanderthals in Portugal. This has added to the knowledge base regarding human evolution. The fossil was in the form of a cranium...

Neanderthal Dental Plaque Reveals Vegetarian Diet

Posted on 09/03/2017 by sumayah

Neanderthal fossils have given researchers hints as to the diet these ancient hominids followed. The sites were searched in Europe and new facts concerning the lifestyle of the Neanderthals emerged...

Ancient Denisovan Human Skulls Found in China Reveal a Mosaic of Modern and Neanderthal Features

Posted on 03/03/2017 by sumayah

Two skulls that have been unearthed from China show us the mirror as far as our predecessors are concerned. They show Denisovan characteristics. Light has been shed on a little-explored topic in...

Neanderthal DNA Still Affecting Modern Human Genome Sequence

Posted on 24/02/2017 by sumayah

The last member of that strain of prehistoric man named Neanderthal died 40,000 years ago. However, in the genetic subtext of modern humans, this strain lives on.It is literally working behind the...

Neanderthal Helped Humans Adapt to Life outside Africa

Posted on 13/11/2016 by ians

Thousands of years ago, when the ancestors of modern humans made their way out of Africa to other parts of the globe, their encounter with Neanderthals and Denisovans helped the human race over the...

How Humans Lost Neanderthal Genes

Posted on 09/11/2016 by ians

Neanderthal genetic material is found in only small amounts in the genomes of modern humans because, after inter-breeding, natural selection removed large numbers of weakly deleterious Neanderthal...

Modern Humans Interbred with Neanderthals

Posted on 23/06/2015 by sumayah

While recording the timeline of human evolution, one sees the events in a linear order rather than a sequential one. That is that it is assumed that the net pedigree of human lineage formulated after...

Eurasian ancestors used Egypt to leave Africa

Posted on 31/05/2015 by Jessica Hannan

Study shows that Egypt was ancient route out of Africa and into Eurasia for many non-African populations. Recent study indicates former theories were not accurate.Lead author Luca Pagani and co-...

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